The Java Card Forum has just posted a promotional video for Java Card 3, featuring me. Not much new to learn, just in video.
Cloned debit cards are good for secure EMV cards
Reports about cloning debit cards have been all around, for instance here. The combination of cloning cards and making millions with a fraud scheme instantly makes smart card people happy: we told you that your magstripe cards would lead to big problems! OK. But let’s try to analyze this a bit deeper.
JC301-3: Connected vs. Classic
After a month of silence, just a quick post to restart the tutorial thing, about the two editions of Java Card 3.0. Two editions As mentioned earlier, Java Card 2.x represents 5 billion cards today, and over a billion are issued each year. This represents a very significant part of the smart card business in […]
Smart University (again)
We will be giving another version of the Smart University training on Java Card 3.0 at the beginning of April in Paris. The presenters will not be the same ones as for the previous training session, but I will still be part of the show, with more focus on security than the previous time. This […]
Distributing mobile applications (again)
I like to see my favorite news source agree with me. This time, it is Wired.com, who published a Top-10 list of 2008 technology breakthroughs, topped by … the iTunes Application Store. Of course, one of the reasons why I like this choice is that I own a compatible device, but it is not the […]
Distributing mobile applications
As an iPod Touch owner, I was quite happy to learn that I would be able to use my “DS” (as my kids call it) to place a few calls using this application. The most interesting sentence of the article actually comes from a BBC interview of Truphone’s CEO: “We’ve decided to focus on devices […]
Physical Unclonable Functions
A company called Verayo has recently introduced RFID chips based on the PUF (Physical Unclonable Function) technology. The technology is very well described on their site; let’s try to give a short overview here: The basic idea is to include in a chip some circuitry that maximizes the differences between the different chips, in order […]
Mashups explained
I was looking at some news about the fascinating world of contactless cards when I noticed that C-ITV had interviewed some of the Sesames winners. Since there have been two winners for Java Card 3.0 this year, I look the video up. Well, it happens that one of our viewers is interviewed. So, if you […]
The French government and open security
Most links below link to French sites. In France, we have professional elections, in which we elect the judges who settle disputes between employees and employers (cases are judged by a panel with 50% of representatives of employers and 50% of representatives of employees). This is very nice, but most people don’t think that it […]
Can our industry help President Obama?
According to Wired News, Mr. Obama will not be able to use his Blackberry any more when he will be President of the USA, because of security concerns. He may even have to refrain from using e-mail. The funny thing is that the issue goes further than security. In the USA, there is a Presidential […]