RFID's - Book Tagging, etc.

[Peter Tomlinson]

This is a classic as far as the ignorance of reporters is concerned: RFID
tags don't keep a record of activity at all, so the library book will not be
keeping a record of every borrower. If you think about it, present day
library SYSTEMS can already keep a record of every borrower of every book.

Peter T
Bristol UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kit Lane" <Kit@rcahmw.org.uk>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: RFID's - Book Tagging, etc.


> Just noticed this article,
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1958000/1958424.stm
>
> Interestingly, the BBC (who I normally feel are pretty good at balancing
> stories) appear to have totally neglected the civil liberties / similar
> implications of this technology (we are also assuming that you cannot
> spoof these codes and the myriad of other attacks that such systems are
> likely to be open to.)
>
> I can also see there being serious issues with every library book
> keeping a record of every borrower ever (I already know some libraries
> keep some statistics - but they are generally kept simply for tracing
> damage to stock / some usage patterns or book-age figures)
>
> Any thoughts?
> --
> Kit Lane
> IT Systems Administrator
>
>