New Technology (RFID) and Privacy

• Techniques For Protecting Privacy

  • Individual information is disassociated

  • Widely used cryptographic techniques

  • Personal keys such as PINs

  • Turning off a tag.

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Long Description: People in classroom environment. As with any new technology, privacy concerns must be discussed, understood, and addressed.

• Education is critical to understanding

• Understanding of the benefits & concerns

• Individuals will weigh the benefits against the concerns to make a choice

Informative Image: Person standing in key hole

Long Description: There are may techniques to protect privacy using RFID. Disassociation, Cryptography, PINs,

Decorative Image: Lock and key

As with any new technology, privacy concerns must be discussed, understood, and addressed.

As with these concerns, the benefits must be understood as well.

By weighing the benefits against the concerns, individuals can make informed decisions to use the new technology or not.

There are may techniques to protect privacy using RFID. Disassociation, Cryptography, PINs,

If we turn the tag off we miss many benefits down stream.