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“RFID is the first important technology of the twenty-first century. That’s an awesome responsibility. How can we know when and how RFID is being used? How can we make sure it is not misused? How can we exercise choice over how it affects us personally? How do we ensure it is safe? This book is a valuable contribution to the ongoing effort to find the answers.” —From the Foreword by Kevin Ashton, cofounder and former executive director, Auto-ID Center; vice president, ThingMagic CorporationRadio frequency identification (RFID) technology is rapidly becoming ubiquitous as businesses seek to streamline supply chains and respond to mandates from key customers. But RFID and other new wireless ID technologies raise unprecedented privacy issues. RFID: Applications, Security, and Privacy covers these issues from every angle and viewpoint. Award-winning technology journalist and privacy expert Simson Garfinkel brings together contributions from every stakeholder community—from RFID suppliers to privacy advocates and beyond. His contributors introduce today’s leading wireless ID technologies, trace their evolution, explain their promise, assess their privacy risks, and evaluate proposed solutions—technical, business, and political. The book also looks beyond RFID, reviewing the privacy implications of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, smart cards, biometrics, new cell-phone networks, and the ever-evolving Internet. Highlights include How RFID and other wireless ID technologies work RFID applications—from gas stations and pharmacies to the twenty-first century battlefield RFID, privacy, and the law—in the United States and around the world RFID, security, and industrial espionage How Bluetooth and Wi-Fi can track individuals, with or without their permission Technical solutions to wireless ID privacy concerns—their values and limitations Stakeholder perspectives from EPCglobal, Inc., Gemplus, The Procter & Gamble Company, and other industry leaders The future of citizen activism on privacy issues Clear, balanced, and accessible, this is the indispensable primer for everyone involved in RFID: businesses implementing or evaluating RFID; technology suppliers responding to user concerns; and policymakers and privacy advocates who want a deeper understanding of the technology and its implications. Includes contributions from AIM Global, Inc. CASPIAN Center for Democracy and Technology EPCglobal, Inc. The Galecia Group Gemplus IDAT Consulting & Education Institute for the Future Matrics, Inc. MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory MIT Media Laboratory OATSystems Privacy Journal The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse The Procter & Gamble Company RSA Laboratories UCLA Department of Geography Wayne State University Law School

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Author:   Simson Garfinkel ,  Beth Rosenberg, editor
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 18.20cm
Weight:   1.052kg
ISBN:  

9780321290960

ISBN 10:   0321290968
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   21 July 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

"Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. I: PRINCIPLES. 1. Automatic Identification and Data Collection: What the Future Holds.     Introduction     A Brief History of AIDC     The ""Industry"" That Isn't     The Interconnected World     Clear and Present Benefits     Future Applications     Conclusions 2. Understanding RFID Technology.     Introduction     RFID Technology     RFID Applications     Conclusions 3. A History of the EPC.     Introduction     The Beginning     A Mini-Lecture: The Supply Chain     The Auto-ID Center     Harnessing the Juggernaut     Conclusions 4. RFID and Global Privacy Policy.     Introduction     Definitions of Privacy     Mapping the RFID Discovery Process     Privacy as a Fundamental Human Right     Privacy Through Data Protection Law and Fair Information Practices     Conclusions 5. RFID, Privacy, and Regulation.     Introduction     Some Current and Proposed RFID Applications     Whither Item-Level Tagging?     Understanding RFID's Privacy Threats     Conclusions 6. RFID and the United States Regulatory Landscape.     Introduction     Current State of RFID Policy     RFID Policy Issues     Government Versus Individual Context     Business Versus Individual Context     Industry Leadership     Options for Government Leadership     Snapshot of Current Status     Policy Prescriptions     The Case for, and Limits of, EPCglobal Leadership     Conclusions 7. RFID and Authenticity of Goods.     Introduction     A Few Important Concepts in Authentication     Authenticity of Tags and Authenticity of Goods     Authenticity of Goods and Anticounterfeiting Measures     Authentication of Readers     Authentication of Users Across the Supply Chain (Federation)     Conclusions 8. Location and Identity: A Brief History.     Introduction     Place and Identity in a World of Habits and Symbols     Locational Technologies     Rethinking Identity: Beyond Traits and Names     On RFID     Conclusions 9. Interaction Design for Visible Wireless.     Introduction     The Role of Interaction Design     A Common Vocabulary     Designing and Modifying WID Systems     Conclusions II: APPLICATIONS. 10. RFID Payments at ExxonMobil.     Introduction     Interview with Joe Giordano, ExxonMobil Corporation 11. Transforming the Battlefield with RFID.     Introduction     Logistics and the Military     Conclusions 12. RFID in the Pharmacy: Q&A with CVS.     Introduction     CVS and Auto-ID     Project Jump Start     RFID in the Store     Making RFID Work: The Back End 13. RFID in Healthcare.     Introduction     Home Eldercare     Challenges     Conclusions 14. Wireless Tracking in the Library: Benefits, Threats, and Responsibilities.     Introduction     RFID System Components and Their Effects in Libraries     RFID Standards     RFID in U.S. Libraries     Best-Practices Guidelines for Library Use of RFID     Conclusions 15. Tracking Livestock with RFID.     Introduction     RFID Has to Prove Itself     Putting RFID to Work     RFID and Livestock Marketing     RFID World Livestock Roundup III: THREATS. 16. RFID: The Doomsday Scenario.     Introduction     RFID Tags and the EPC Code     A Ubiquitous RFID Reader Network     Watching Everything: RFID and the Four Databases It Will Spawn     Corporate Abuse     Government Abuse     Conclusions 17. Multiple Scenarios for Private-Sector Use of RFID.     Introduction     Scenario 1: ""No One Wins""     Scenario 2: ""Shangri-La""     Scenario 3: ""The Wild West""     Scenario 4: ""Trust but Verify""     Conclusions 18. Would Macy's Scan Gimbels?: Competitive Intelligence and RFID.     Introduction     In-Store Scenarios     So, Who Wants to Know?     Conclusions 19. Hacking the Prox Card.     Introduction     Reverse-Engineering the Protocol     Security Implications     Protecting Against These Types of Attacks     Conclusions 20. Bluejacked!     Introduction     Bluetooth     Bluetooth Security and Privacy Attacks     Conclusions IV: TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS. 21. Technological Approaches to the RFID Privacy Problem.     Introduction     The Technical Challenges of RFID Privacy     Blocker Tags     Soft Blocking     Signal-to-Noise Measurement     Tags with Pseudonyms     Corporate Privacy     Technology and Policy     Conclusions 22. Randomization: Another Approach to Robust RFID Security.     Introduction     The Problems in RFID Security     Conclusions 23. Killing, Recoding, and Beyond.     Introduction     RFID Recoding and Infomediaries     Infrastructure Issues     Conclusions V: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES. 24. Texas Instruments: Lessons from Successful RFID Applications.     Introduction     Toll Tracking: Who Knows Where You Are Going?     Contactless Payment: Are Safeguards Already in Place?     RFID and Automotive Anti-Theft: Staying Ahead of the Security Curve     How and What We Communicate     Conclusions 25. Gemplus: Smart Cards and Wireless Cards.     Introduction     What Is a Smart Card?     Smart Card Communication and Command Format     Card Life Cycle     Smart Card Applications      ""Contactless"" Cards     Protocols and Secure Communication Schemes     Constraints of Contactless Products     Contactless Products and the Contact Interface     Conclusions 26. NCR: RFID in Retail.     Introduction     Payment Applications     Inventory Management Applications     Hybrid Scanners     Privacy Concerns     RFID Portal     Conclusions 27. P&G: RFID and Privacy in the Supply Chain.     Introduction     Procter & Gamble's Position     RFID Technology and the Supply Chain     Global Guidelines for EPC Usage     Conclusions 28. Citizens: Getting at Our Real Concerns.     Introduction     Prior to the Point of Sale     After the Point of Sale: Nonconsumer Goods     After the Point of Sale: Consumer Goods     After the Point of Sale: Privacy Interests     Eliminating the RFID Threats to Privacy     Conclusions 29. Activists: Communicating with Consumers, Speaking Truth to Policy Makers.     Introduction     RFID Characteristics That Threaten Privacy     Proposed Technology-Based Solutions     Is Consumer Education the Answer?     Calling for a Technology Assessment     Conclusions 30. Experimenting on Humans Using Alien Technology.     Introduction     The Surveillance Society: It's Already Here     A Trick to Overcome Resistance     Constituents to Change-and to Stasis     Privacy Advocates Own This Story     Privacy, Change, and Language     How to Make Consumers Demand Change (and RFID)     Conclusions 31. Asia: Billions Awaken to RFID.     Introduction     Factors Separating Western and Asian RFID Experience     The Extant Paper Database and Electronic Credit Card Systems     RFID in India     RFID Across Asia     Conclusions 32. Latin America: Wireless Privacy, Corporations, and the Struggle for Development.     Introduction     An Overview of Wireless Services Penetration into Central America     Pervasiveness of Telecommunications in Central America     Privacy Concerns     An Overview of Privacy Across Latin America     Conclusions: Privacy, Poverty, and the Future APPENDIXES. Appendix A: Position Statement on the Use of RFID on Consumer Products. Appendix B: RFID and the Construction of Privacy: Why Mandatory Kill Is Necessary. Appendix C: Guidelines for Privacy Protection on Electronic Tags of Japan. Appendix D: Adapting Fair Information Practices to Low-Cost RFID Systems. Appendix E: Guidelines on EPC for Consumer Products. Appendix F: Realizing the Mandate: RFID at Wal-Mart. Index."

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Simson Garfinkel is a computer security researcher and an award-winning commentator on information technology. Among his twelve books are Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century (O’Reilly, 2001) and Practical UNIX and Internet Security, Third Edition (O’Reilly, 2003). A columnist for CSO magazine, Garfinkel’s columns earned the 2004 and 2005 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award. He recently received his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT. Beth Rosenberg is a writer, editor, and journalist with fifteen years of experience in emerging technologies. She has written for the Boston Globe, Boston magazine, and the Christian Science Monitor, and edited a book for Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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