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posted by takyon on Sunday May 07 2017, @08:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the security-by-stupidity dept.

TechDirt reports:

In a letter sent recently from Senator Ron Wyden to two of his colleagues who head the Committee on Rules & Administration, it's noted that (incredibly) the ID cards used by Senate Staffers only appear to have a smart chip in them. Instead of the real thing, some genius just decided to put a photo of a smart chip [PDF] on each card, rather than an actual smart chip. This isn't security by obscurity, it's... bad security through cheap Photoshopping. From our Senate.

Moreover, in contrast to the executive branch's widespread adoption of PIV cards with a smart chip, most Senate staff ID cards have a photo of a chip printed on them, rather than a real chip. Given the significant investment by the executive branch in smart chip based two-factor authentication, we should strongly consider issuing our staff real chip-based ID cards and then using those chips as a second factor.


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by kaszz on Monday May 08 2017, @01:19AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday May 08 2017, @01:19AM (#506104) Journal

    So what the senate is saying is that it's open season to fake being a senator. Dunno, but sounds like a literal free lunch. Maybe one could vote for fun too. ;)

    Ohh... btw my name is Potiner Vlamidir.. I forgot my password for the senate system at home. Please print them out again ;-)

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