Hacker confab 'Last HOPE' to track attendees with RFID
People attending the Last HOPE hacker conference in New York City this July will be getting more than just an agenda and badge when they check in.
The badges will have electronic tracking devices, using radio frequency identification technology, that will be tracking their movements throughout the three-day event.
Conference attendees can then participate in games created around the tracking system, such as by trying to protect their privacy, finding vulnerabilities in the system, and employing data mining techniques to learn more about other participants.
Large monitors at the show will display in real-time the activities of the badge carriers in what the conference organizers say will be the first time the general public "will be able to participate in the transparent operation of a major RFID tracking program."
This demonstration will be open to the public at The Last HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference from July 18 to 20 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. 
Hopefully they can come up with a lot of exploits.