Privacy and Security Challenges of RFID

This paper reviews the background of Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) as well as the ethical foundations of individual privacy. A number of applications were also explored with the intention of identifying the technology's benefits and possible misuses. The authors offer an overview and discussion of the most important ethical issues concerning RFID, and describe and examine some methods of protecting privacy. Additionally, the paper examines the security risks associated with RFID technology, and privacy issues and challenges that they present to the operations of a business that implement such technology.