Nike+ iPod is “an easy surveillance device.”
Einige Forscher der University of Washington haben eine Sicherheitslücke in dem Nike+iPod Sport Kit entdeckt.
Offensichtlich gibt der RFID Chip in den Schuhen seine unique ID jedem Nike+ iPod Empfänger preis.
With a quick hardware hack that Kohno said “any high school student could do in the garage,” the researchers hooked a Nike+ iPod receiver up to a Linux-based “gumstix” — a tiny, $79 computer that could easily be hidden in door frames, in trees next to jogging trails or in a pocket.
In their report, the researchers detail a scenario in which a stalker who wants to know when his ex-girlfriend is at home taps into her Nike+ iPod system. He simply hides the gumstix device next to her door, and it registers her presence as she passes by in her Nike shoes.
Lee Tien von der Electronic Frontier Foundation:
“We’re going to see more devices like this in the next few years,” he said. “This isn’t just a problem with the Nike+ iPod per se — it’s a cautionary tale about what happens when companies unwittingly build a surveillance capacity into their products.”