Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is an old technology that has been quietly revolutionizing business and industry. Over the past several years, the technology has helped optimize inventory and business systems and has made consumers’ lives more convenient. But some industry watchers say RFID has the potential to become a threat to user identification security. To address that perceived threat, RSA Security has developed a device to block certain tagged information so RFID scanners cannot see it.
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Posted by: Jack M. Germain November 18, 2003 04:21 AMRadio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is an old technology that has been quietly revolutionizing business and industry. Over the past several years, the technology has helped optimize inventory and business systems and has made consumers’ lives more convenient. But some industry watchers say RFID has the potential to become a threat to user identification security. To address that perceived threat, RSA Security has developed a device to block certain tagged information so RFID scanners cannot see it.