Anti-wireless Clothing, SR5 is retro-futuristic too! Options

[binarywraith]

Just stumbled across this tonight, and immediately was amused. RFID-blocking clothing coming out of a collaboration between Betabrand and computer-security gurus at Norton.

http://thestack.com/rfid-blocking-blazer-j...ty-theft-171214

Hacker and founder of Pen Test Partners Ken Munro has explained that "if we are not explicitly blocking these signals there are a lot of things that can go wrong, from stealing contactless payment card details to more life-threatening issues."

Munro suggested that this preventative technology must be developed quickly as the popularity of wearable devices increases and RFID is used more frequently in wearable insulin pumps and defibrillators.

"These are the devices where tampering or hacking over radio frequency could be life-threatening […] I'm not sure that medical device manufacturers have given enough thought to security," said Munro.

So, even real-world security experts are noting that it is a serious problem to have your medical technology and identity vulnerable to wireless hacking... in 2014. Seems crazy that they'd forget that in the next 50 years and have to re-learn it the hard way, doesn't it?

Feels strange, I'm used to Shadowrun presaging reality, not our objections to Shadowrun's design decisions being echoed by reality! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)