After over 10 years, e-Smart is changing its name to become the Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum (which will also replace the other conferences from the Smart Event). This looks like a welcome move from card-centered business to application-centered business, reflecting what is happening in the industry. The technology is now ready, and it has not evolved …
Google has launched its Google Wallet service, which uses a secure element in the phone to provide some security. Of course, Java card is in every one of these secure elements, but it is not the point today. I have just stumbled upon the Google Wallet page. Initially, I was looking for information about how …
The break is over! After a month spent on various family activities, I am back to work. My new job is related to the Product Management of Java Card at Oracle. This is at the same time very close to what I did previously (Java Card has been close to the center of my activities …
I just realized that I missed Java Card’s 15th birthday. This birthday was sometime in the end of October, 1996. I don’t have the exact date, because the only document I have is the Java Card API: Specification of the Java Virtual Machine and Application Programmer’s Interface, version 0.13, dated October 10, 1996. Although this …
During the past few months, I have very often visited Gemalto in Gémenos or La Ciotat. I didn’t like it much, since it kept me away from my family. However, although I am very happy right now in Sophia Antipolis and don’t want to move from there, I was born and raised in Marseille, and …
The two concepts of open source and smart cards have not gone well together. There are some projects about specific applications and corresponding terminal-side software, such as the Muscle project for Linux, and the JMRTD library for e-passports (if you have one that you want me to mention, let me know). However, there are really …
Today is my last day at Trusted Logic, after a bit more than 11 years. It has been a great adventure, and I really enjoyed the small company feeling, where one has to deal with one thousand different activities, giving many opportunities to learn on different fields. As I try to think about successes and …
This summer was very interesting for new attacks. There are two that I really liked, for very different reasons. They are also both attacks on PIN codes, yet they are quite different. The first one is an attack on ATMs, with a thermal camera, hoping that your fingers stay on the keys long enough to …
GoogleIO is happening right now in San Francisco. On the agenda, there has been (only?) one talk on NFC in the Android track. During this talk, the speakers gave an introduction to NFC technology, but for someone who knows the basics on NFC, the most interesting parts were the demos, showing interesting NFC applications. But …
The French government has recently published a law, and some details of the application degree have led to strong reactions from the industry, including a suit by the French association of social online services. The suit is about a recent law that forces sites to retain a lot of information about their users, and to …
