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Selected Works of Professor Katina Michael
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RFID: Helpful New Technology or Threat to Privacy and Civil Liberties?
IEEE Potentials (2015)
  • Liz McIntyre
  • Katina Michael, University of Wollongong
  • Katherine Albrecht
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Abstract

Is radio frequency identification (RFID) and the Internet of Things (IoT) a helpful new technology or a threat to society? If you understand what the technology is and how it works, it's easy to see how its widespread implementation could sound the death knell for privacy and civil liberties

Keywords
  • RFID,
  • Pros,
  • Cons,
  • Help,
  • Harm,
  • Benefits,
  • Costs,
  • Liberty,
  • Privacy,
  • Social Implications,
  • Tracking,
  • Tracking,
  • Tagging,
  • Supply Chain,
  • Things,
  • People,
  • Internet of Things
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Publication Date
September 4, 2015
Citation Information
Liz McIntyre, Katina Michael and Katherine Albrecht. "RFID: Helpful New Technology or Threat to Privacy and Civil Liberties?" IEEE Potentials Vol. 34 Iss. 5 (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kmichael/545/