What holds more importance – privacy or safety?

I had once attended a conference on technology and a group of people came up and asked me that RFID will penetrate our lives and expose it like anything leaving their privacy in doldrums. I told them that every technology had its pros and cons and if used properly it could come to the rescue …

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Wal-Mart and its seriousness towards RFID

I don’t know how many of you may agree with me but the real impetus RFID got was when Wal-Mart started pushing it hard. This was the period when the technology came into limelight since it had the backing of the big daddy of the retail world. As it was one of the early adopters …

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Bangladesh: Tiny South East Asian nation implementing RFID big time

I don’t know how many of you have heard about Bangladesh and probably this is the last country which would come to your mind if you were looking for countries where RFID is making headway. This small nation in South East Asia where more than half of the population lives in abject poverty and has …

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Eureka!! Computer scientists’ trio design means of protecting RFID tag data

Whenever I discuss RFID technology with people I even end up handling their concerns with regards to privacy which at times get difficult to handle. Now I just came across some findings of a process which has been developed by three technologists which they believe can address concerns regarding to tag data protection and consumer …

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Africa: A land of innumerable opportunities for RFID industry

For the past few months I have been scouting for places around the globe where RFID would have a good opportunity to expand its wings. One such continent is Africa which presents innumerable opportunities for this technology to create an impact over there. It is experiencing a change in the sense that the awareness regarding …

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