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How about the privacy and security problem? Basically a tag has an ID and little amount of
information. These are harmless because they do not have any personally sensitive information. For
getting more data about some objects, we need to use a network resource. Typically, we need to be
authenticated to access a network infrastructure. If we use a mobile RFID reader, a cell phone or a
PDA helps authentication for data accessing. We are using Internet services on mobile devices with
2D bar-code [53], but in order to use the bar-code system, we need to run a camera program, focus
on a bar-code, take a picture of it, and finally access the information. This sequence is irksome.
The ...