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+ | The goal of this seminar will be to explore the broader legal and sociopolitical implications of radio frequence identification (RFID) technology. | ||
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+ | == Seminar organization == | ||
+ | The seminar will be discussion-driven, each period led by a small group of seminar participants and/or including invited guest experts. We are also going to try to produce a seminar position paper that summarizes our thoughts upon RFID and what material we've covered. The intent is that we will have produced a document after a full quarter's discussion. The document will be collaboratively authored and all seminar participants will be required to contribute, although we intend this to be relatively low-investment attenuated over the course of the quarter. | ||
'''Basic description of RFID''': | '''Basic description of RFID''': |
Revision as of 05:40, 25 August 2006
Fall 2006: RFID Technology
The goal of this seminar will be to explore the broader legal and sociopolitical implications of radio frequence identification (RFID) technology.
Seminar organization
The seminar will be discussion-driven, each period led by a small group of seminar participants and/or including invited guest experts. We are also going to try to produce a seminar position paper that summarizes our thoughts upon RFID and what material we've covered. The intent is that we will have produced a document after a full quarter's discussion. The document will be collaboratively authored and all seminar participants will be required to contribute, although we intend this to be relatively low-investment attenuated over the course of the quarter.
Basic description of RFID:
- Roy Want, The Magic of RFID.
Research:
Applications:
- Government:
- Passports (trial programs in a few countries, e.g. US)
- Commercial:
- supply-side tracking of inventory (e.g. walmart)
- gathering more detailed information about consumers (increasing information asymmetry between sellers/buyers)
- enabling buyers to gather more information about products (decreasing above information asymmetry)
Security concerns:
- hacking Dutch RFID passports
- RFID viruses (many say the claims are exaggerated)
Privacy & Surveillance concerns:
- article expressing concern about being tracked everywhere...
- Anti-RFID site
(Proposed) laws:
- Wisconsin law bans forcible implanting of RFID tag
- (old) proposed legislation in California that would attempt to protect consumer privacy
Potential speakers:
A few companies...