Researchers reveal a hotel keycard hacking technique that can let a hacker almost instantly open RFID-based Saflok locks used in 3M doors across 13K properties
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.
Amazon announces a new version of Just Walk Out for clothing retailers, using RFID tags to track apparel; the grocery version relies on ceiling-mounted cameras
- Latest iteration uses RFID tags and readers to track apparel — Some retailers have balked at using Just Walk Out system
Sources: Inditex races to fix bugs in Zara's new anti-shoplifting system, which swaps plastic tags for RFID chips; some staff worry about theft becoming easier
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The US CBP confirms implementing software to verify e-passports in June 2022, nearly 16 years after the US started issuing passports with RFID chips
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A look at Flipper Zero, a $200 portable security penetration testing device for hackers to intercept and replay signals from IoT sensors, garage doors, and more
Don't be fooled by its fun name and Tamagotchi-like interface—this do-everything gadget is trouble waiting to happen and a whole lot more. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @car...
Radar, which makes RFID sensors for retailers to track inventory in real time, raises $16M from Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, NTT Docomo Ventures, and others
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JD.com plans to open hundreds of unmanned convenience stores across China, has tested stores at its Beijing HQ using RFID, facial and image recognition
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How the NFL uses Zebra Technologies' RFID tags to track every player on the field
How the NFL tracks everything on the field but the ball — From Chinese women's soccer to the American big leagues, real-time motion tracking is coming to sports — Most people know radio-frequency ...
NFL players to wear shoulder pad RFIDs for on-field stats tracking
The NBA isn't the only professional sports league in the States getting serious about accurate stats accounting. With some help from Zebra Technologies' location system, 17 NFL stadiums will use rece...
For Start-Ups That Aim at Giants, Sorting the Data Cloud Is the Next Big Thing
SAN FRANCISCO — The idea of big data goes something like this: In a world of ever-increasing digital connectivity, ever larger mountains of data are produced by our cellphones, computers, digital came...