NFC Times Exclusive: Chip supplier Inside Secure plans to support Mifare Classic on its new embedded secure element for NFC phones and contends it does not need a license from Mifare owner NXP Semiconductors because the technology is in the public domain. A representative of NXP warned against the move.
In comments to NFC Times, France-based Inside confirmed it would support Mifare Classic, which remains the most-used contactless technology globally despite security flaws. Inside says Mifare Classic is in demand from at least one large NFC device maker, Samsung Electronics.
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Sources quoted in this article:
Rémy de Tonnac, CEO, Inside
Bernard Vian, EVP, secure payment div., Inside Secure
Martin Gruber, GM, AFC products, NXP Semiconductors
Cindy Ahn, partner, Global IP Law Group
Jeff Kuester, patent attorney, Taylor English Duma
Karsten Nohl, cryptographer and hacker
Among companies mentioned in this article:
Inside Secure
NXP Semiconductors
Samsung Electronics
Mikron
Infineon Technologies
STMicroelectronics
Oberthur Technologies
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