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Research and Advances Jul 1 2009

Security Challenges of the EPCglobal Network

The "Internet of Things," once reality, will have to rely on a global IT infrastructure that provides information about all those "things" in a secure and reliable manner. The EPCglobal Network is a proposal for a widely distributed information system to offer such services. But it may introduce more challenges concerning security, privacy, and political control than was initially anticipated.

Architecture and Hardware

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Research and Advances Sep 1 2005

RFID and the Perception of Control: The Consumer's View

Consumers need to feel they have control over the RFID infrastructure before they routinely trust its services.

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Apr 1 2005

Privacy in E-Commerce: Stated Preferences vs. Actual Behavior

In times of ubiquitous electronic communication and increasing industry pressure for standard electronic authentication, the maintenance of privacy, or "the right to be left alone" becomes a subject of increasing concern. The possibility of a "transparent human," whose vital information is up for grabs, can most easily be envisioned in the realm of e-commerce, due in part to the large amounts of data available, and in part to the high payoffs expected from using this data for marketing purposes.

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