Title
Making Radio Frequency Identification Visible--A Watchdog Tag
Abstract
To address the privacy concerns associated with RFID, previous work proposed an approach, where RFID readers do not only broadcast commands to inventory tag populations, but also transmit meta-information that describe the ongoing data collection. It was argued that RFID readers should explicitly declare the scope and purpose of their tag data collection by making this meta-information available to consumers and regulators through a watchdog tag. In this paper, we present the prototype of such a watchdog tag that is capable of decoding and displaying the meta-information broadcasted over the RFID communication channel for the visual inspection by the user. The paper details the design and implementation with discrete components, but also discusses limitations and future improvements. Our watchdog tag operates reliably and therefore, it suggests potential to enhance one's control over the data collected by RFID readers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/PERCOMW.2007.63
PerCom Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
visual inspection,rfid tags,pervasive computing,channel coding,radio frequency identification,decoding,data collection,broadcasting,privacy,communication channels,prototypes
Channel code,Data collection,Broadcasting,Visual inspection,Computer science,Computer security,Communication channel,Computer network,Telecommunication security,Decoding methods,Radio-frequency identification
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2788-4
2
0.41
References 
Authors
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christian Metzger1393.36
Christian Floerkemeier263070.10
Philippe Bourquin320.41
Elgar Fleisch473895.07