Saturday, September 18, 2004

RFID - No choice, No privacy, No benefit, No way by Rajat Paharia

Rajat Paharia tracks the evolution of various forms of tracking devices that seemed to hold promise in the run up to the full blown RFID RFID devices that we see currently.Rajat here outlines a framework to evaluate RFID applications.This is worth examing,as it is important that a universally acceptable framework should evolve to assess impact of RFID applications.Several experiments with implanted chips have been tried in the past; years back wired ran this storyabout Kevin Warwick who implanted a silicon chip inside his body six years back and made a team of scientsts track him on various measures. Interesting area with potential for significant upside in business applications and social life.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I will not totally agree with Rajat's views on privacy implications using RFID.Though,as he pointed out,there could be a possibility of the technology being misused,we have to look at the bigger picture rather than think of the remote chance of the technology being misused.Rajat opines that the consumer will lose his privacy by revealing his personal information.Well,in that case credit cards have been in use for decades and has given good benefits to people.The credit card companies have bulk of data of their customers and hardly do we come across customer's records being misused.
At the same time,I do agree that a proper check and regulation needs to be in place so that the negative aspects could be avoided if not atleast minimised.RFID is there to make man's life better and comfortable.Let us accept it and move forward.
We must look at the plant's flower rather than just thinking of the thorns.
From:Dinesh_Ramaswamy@satyam.com

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