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Thursday, October 31, 2013

‘INTRUSIVE AND UNSETTLING’: MAN RIGS E-Z PASS TOLL TAG TO SHOW IT TRACKS CARS OUTSIDE OF TOLLS

A New Jersey man modified his E-Z Pass — a device used to automatically pay highway tolls — to alert him every time his it was being connected to by an outside source. He found it wasn’t just when passing through tolls that his device was being read.

The man going by the name Puking Monkey rigged a cow-shaped device to light up and make “moo” sound every time the E-Z Pass’ RFID card was read. The man recorded video of the device being read in non-toll areas and presented his findings at the hacking conference Defcon, which took place in August.

Here’s a look at how the device works, signaling the E-Z Pass was being read in a toll-less area in the Lincoln tunnel, which connects New York City and New Jersey:
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Basically, they can determine your travel activities from hitting your tag and recording the data.

If you don't want to be tracked, take the device off and put it in the foil bag when you're not using it.....

Anonymous said...

big brother wants to know all

Anonymous said...

If you don't want to use your brain, just allow them to do whatever they want.

Maybe some should take their brain out of a tin foil bag.

lmclain said...

Maybe we should put THEIR brain in a bag....separated from their body first, of course. Orwell was a prophet....

Anonymous said...

I believe they advertised that they are giving the transponders away for free. Which is pretty funny.
Come get your free tracking device!