How to Cheat at Deploying and Securing RFID

Chapter 3. Working with RFID Tags

Solutions in this chapter:

• Understanding Tags

• Understanding Tag Types

• Read Ranges of Tags

• Labeling and Placing a Tag

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Introduction

The items that you need to identify and track are tagged with, well, tags. So, a tag is the “better half” of the RFID system because it contains information about the item to which it is attached and has the capability to provide that information on request. A tag makes it to the item in three steps: The tag with the basic functionality is manufactured, the tag is turned into ...