NXP appears to have made an ass of itself in taking to court a group of researchers from the
"This requires a balancing of interests," said the Dutch court, "it should be considered that the publication of scientific studies carries a lot of weight in a democratic society, as does informing society about serious issues in the chip, because it allows for mitigating of the risks."
The researchers had presented NXP with their findings so that NXP could implement measures to increase the security of their chips.
However NXP chose to go to court to gag the researchers who threatened to go public with their findings in October.
The NXP RFID chip is used in the London Oyster travel cards, and a Dutch travel card called Mifare.
The researchers argued that they have allowed ample time for NXP to repair the issues.
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Comments (2)
Is there anyone home still at NXP? Is there anyone who can technically make changes and do fixes?
Posted by Alan R. Weiss | March 17, 2009 10:04 PM
Posted on March 17, 2009 22:04
Alan, There are great technical people there but the new CEO seems to be keeping his head down. The debt swap isn't going well - so far. The losses seem to have been slowed a bit.
Posted by David Manners
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March 17, 2009 10:32 PM
Posted on March 17, 2009 22:32