Question

Name at least five benefits and five pitfalls associated with RFID technologies in the context of privacy debates. Be sure to explain and specify examples

Answer 1

Five benefits associated with RFID technologies in the context of privacy debates --

• RFID stands for radio frequency identification technology. RFID helps to save money and time of the organization and provide real time traceability, identification, communication, temprature and location data for resources and people.
• RFID is used in engineering, construction, chemical industries, manufacturing, logistics, retail and public sector.
• 1.) RFID is fast developing technology which utilizes radio waves for data transfer and collection.
• The benefits of RFID technology are as follows--
• 2.) Low cost and higher productivity -- RFID technology helps in the movement and location of assets components.
• 3.) It reduce cost and provide accuracy and reliability with menual methods.  
• 4.) Better security -- Access control system using RFID helps to improve security of business.
• RFID tagging of assets and stcok make easy to tarck inventory shrinkage.
• Tags are used to fight against product counterfitting.
• 5.) Reduce capital cost -- RFID technology helps to reduce cost and provide better control for assets.
• IT helps to keep track of business assests like test equipment, computing technology, transport packaging and portable devices.

Five pitfalls associated with RFID technologies in the context of privacy debates --

• While storing data in RFID device privacy and security is common issues
• RFID privacy debates can include -- technical, organizational, economic, privacy and security challenges.
• 1.) RFID is not line of sight technology like bar coding so security issues develop.
• 2.) for example -- competitor can set high gain directional antenna to scan tags in trucks which is going to warehouse.
• 3.) and the information can be received by the competitors and determine flow rates of different materials.
• 4.) High security and privacy risk arrives when RFID is used for operations like - payment method.
• 5.) The RFID technology uses ghost tags -- here the security and privacy can be damage if tags are reads at the same time, a reader will sometimes read tags that do not exists.