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CHRYSLER CAR OWNERS DROPPED BY INSURANCE(chrysler 300c)— TIFFANY DENMARK
Many car owners purchase insurance through agents that provide policies underwritten by THE UNITED EQUITABLE INSURANCE COMPANY in SKOKIE, ILLINOIS. The claims manager, RON CLARK, stated Chrysler informed their company that Chrysler vehicles can not be stolen without the use of a computer chip key. The exclusion in their policy does not provide coverage if a vehicle was stolen with the use of a key. Therefore they assume any vehicle that has been stolen, a key was used and they will not …
How to hack RFID-enabled Credit Cards for $8 (BBtv)
A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data from those credit cards — cardholder name, credit card number, and whatever else your bank embeds in this manner. Fears over data leaks from RFID-enabled cards aren’t …
