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Mithilesh Kumar Dubey, Lovely Professional University Unit 13: Privacy Technological Impacts

Unit 13: Privacy Technological Impacts Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

13.1 RFID Security
13.1.1 Privacy Aspects
13.2 Use with Biometrics

13.3 Smart Card Applications
13.4 Summary
13.5 Keywords
13.6 Review Questions
13.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
 Understand implications of RFID

 Discuss use with biometrics
 Discuss smart card applications
Introduction

In this unit, you will understand privacy impacts on various technologies such as RFID, biometrics
and smart card. Biometric devices authenticate users to access control systems through some
sort of personal identifier such as a fingerprint, voiceprint, iris scan, retina scan, facial scan, or
signature dynamics. Smart Cards are plastic cards that have integrated circuits or storage
receptacles embedded in them.

13.1 RFID Security

RFID chips are everywhere – companies and labs use them as access keys, Prius owners use them
to start their cars, and retail giants like Wal-Mart have deployed them as inventory tracking
devices. Drug manufacturers like Pfizer rely on chips to track pharmaceuticals.
The tags are also about to get a lot more personal. Next-gen US passports and credit cards will
contain RFIDs, and the medical industry is exploring the use of implantable chips to manage
patients.

RFID technology dates back to World War II, when the British put radio transponders in Allied
aircraft to help early radar system crews detect good guys from bad guys. The first chips were
developed in research labs in the 1960s, and by the next decade the US government was using
tags to electronically authorize trucks coming into Los Alamos National Laboratory and other
secure facilities.

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