The Real Threat To Privacy Is Not From RFID

Introduction

Radio Frequency Identification technology, has often been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Most of the sensational news concerning RFID concerns the perceived threat to individual privacy and security. Books like Spychips have only added fuel to the fire and have whipped up anti-RFID sentiments amongst consumers. This article examines whether RFID is the real threat to consumer privacy ?Or is the individuals threat to privacy from other, easily available technologies?

What is RFID technology?

To discuss the issue of privacy being threatened by RFID one must first understand how RFID technology works, at a very basic level. (I suppose the meaning of individual privacy is well understood here and we wont go into details about it here!).

For those who are interested in learning more about RFID technology, you can learn it from Abhisam Softwares excellent e-learning course on the topic. However the very elementary basic details are provided below.

Brief description of RFID

Radio Frequency Identification technology is nothing new. It dates to around World War II, when it helped Allied forces distinguish their own planes,...