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RFID tags could carry computer viruses

Viviane Reding will love this: SecurityFocus reports that three researchers from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam released a paper outlining the potential risks of viruses using the small amount of memory contained in everyday RFID tags. And yes, they have a proof of concept.

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