Re: [ba-poker] RFID is here

[Jim Geary <jaygee(deleted the rest)>]

Now that it has been cracked, countercountermeasures.

http://rfidanalysis.org/


On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Alan Bostick wrote:

> 
> On Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at 07:21 AM, Rodney Chen wrote:
> 
> > http://news.com.com/Vegas+casino+bets+on+RFID/2100-7355_3- 
> > 5568288.html?tag=nefd.top
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/48gyg
> >
> > Vegas casino bets on RFID
> >
> > The casino is installing RFID readers and PCs at game tables. With  
> > antennas placed under each player's place at the table, dealers can  
> > take a quick inventory of chips that have been wagered at the push of  
> > a button.
> 
> Interesting:  The CNet article emphasizes casino security  
> (counterfeiting, blackjack
> card counting, etc.) as the main application for RFID chips and  
> mentions player
> rating and tracking as an afterthought.  On the other hand, the  
> GAMBLING MAGAZINE
> article on Shuffle Master's RFID chip table game systems
> (http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?C=290&A=13186), the  
> emphasis is
> on player rating, with employee honesty being the only security concern  
> mentioned
> and card-counting left out entirely.
> 
> I wonder, as countermeasures get more and more Orwellian, whether  
> casinos will
> liberalize game rules because they fear organized counting teams less.   
> Somehow
> I doubt it.
> 
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