RFID: Security and Privacy for Five-Cent Computers

RFID tags are microchip-enhanced, next-generation barcodes capable of transmitting a small amount of information over short distances. Poised to play an important role in the commercial world and increasingly to enter the hands of consumers, RFID devices bring a host of potential security and privacy problems in their wake. With a cost target of just several cents apiece, basic RFID tags possess only barebones computing resources. This talk will describe some approaches to security for this especially frugal computing environment.