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Android application reads credit card data over NFC (The H)

Android application reads credit card data over NFC (The H)

Posted Jun 23, 2012 16:28 UTC (Sat) by keeperofdakeys (subscriber, #82635)
In reply to: Android application reads credit card data over NFC (The H) by wmf
Parent article: Android application reads credit card data over NFC (The H)

You don't need anything as complex as public-key crypto, you can simply use a symmetric key algorithm like 3-DES or AES in hardware. If you wanted door control with this scheme, you can then use a challenge from a central server, and verify if the response if valid for a card in the system. Now you can arbitrarily add or remove cards from the central database.


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