Chips, tags and scanners: Ethical challenges for radio frequency identification

Authors:
Dara J. Glasser;Kenneth W. Goodman;Norman G. Einspruch
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA 33124;Ethics Programs, University of Miami, Miami, USA 33101;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA 33124
Venue:
Ethics and Information Technology
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems identify and track objects, animals and, in principle, people. The ability to gather information obtained by tracking consumer goods, government documents, monetary transactions and human beings raises a number of interesting and important privacy issues. Moreover, RFID systems pose an ensemble of other ethical challenges related to appropriate uses and users of such systems. This paper reviews a number of RFID applications with the intention of identifying the technology's benefits and possible misuses. We offer an overview and discussion of the most important ethical issues concerning RFID, and describes and examine some methods of protecting privacy.