New plan for deactivating RFID tags may ease privacy concerns

"Researchers at IBM may have come up with a possible solution to the huge privacy concerns surrounding the implementation and use of RFID technology. Speaking at a privacy meeting hosted by the Association of Computing Machinery on Monday, IBM researchers Paul Moskowitz and Guenter Karjoth unveiled a new strategy for "killing" RFID tags. Specifically, the researchers have devised an alternative to the current kill commands specified by EPCglobal in its Generation 2 protocol, which, from a consumer's perspective, offer no visible indication that a tag has actually been killed. IBM's new research suggests two trouble-free ways for consumers to visibly deactivate an RFID tag after making a purchase. Better yet, they say it can be easily manufactured into current specs for RFID tags at no extra cost." Source: dcvelocity.com