In the Name of God

Summery of

RFID Inside

ByJalil Rostami, ECE Department

Implantable RFID & the murky ethic of it

What’s Implantable RFID

• Implanted in human body• hold or link to, information about– Identity– Physiology– Characteristics– Health– Nationality– Security clearance

• It’s about grain of rice

Advantage of implantable RFID• The proximity of your hand could start your car or

unlock your front door

• physician know your medical history even if you are unconscious

• Identify patients who mightbe unable to communicate with caregivers

• Replacement for a soldier’s traditional dog tag• ….

Darker side of implantable RFID

• erosion of your privacy• Every RFID reader sense your presence and

get some of your information

Darker side of implantable RFID

• people’s attitudes to implanted RFID

49%

33%

18%

NoYesNothing answered

Problem with implantable RFID

• The important is the right to privacy

• Why should a worker accept to put a foreign object in his or her body?

Some of his or her privacy

Potential benefit

Problem with implantable RFID

• Another problem is a security weakness in RFID that easily can be hacked and personal information be stolen by pirates and spies