Verayo launches next-generation of 'unclonable' RFID chips, hackers get wide-eyed

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/unclonable-rfid-chip.jpg (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100302005719&newsLang=en)If there's one thing a security company should avoid, it's tempting the hackers (http://hd.engadget.com/2007/07/10/analyst-claims-bd-is-impenetrable-for-ten-years-hackers-chuckl/) to unravel their promises (http://www.engadget.com/tag/vulnerability/). As we've seen time and time again, there are few (if any) completely uncrackable technologies, but Verayo sure seems confident about its next-generation RFID (http://www.engadget.com/tag/RFID/) chips. Dubbed "unclonable," this new product family -- which is led by the Vera M4H -- promises to make mass transit tickets, secure IDs and access cards more secure, and unlike the original (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/verayos-unclonable-rfid-uses-physical-characteristics-to-thwa/), this one touts a "non-networked, unlimited authentication" feature. We also get the impression that the company has worked to drive costs down with this newfangled line, but we're still not sure we'd trust our lives to this thing. Anyone down to really put these claims to the test?Verayo launches next-generation of 'unclonable' RFID chips, hackers get wide-eyed (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/verayo-launches-next-generation-of-unclonable-rfid-chips-hack/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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