Smart Phone and Next Generation Mobile Computing

182 Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing

As is true for many pervasive computing technologies, RFID raises

some privacy concerns with regard to tagging and our daily lives.

Imagine a world where everything is tagged, and readers are every-

where. From the point of view of a manufacturer or retailer, real-time

supply-chain visibility boosts productivity and aids future product

development by providing extensive information regarding con-

sumers (e.g., who they are, where they are, and when and how they

use the products). But consumers, for the most part, may not want to

reveal this information to those manufactures and retailers. Suppose

a consumer purchases an electronic shaver that has an embedded RF

tag uniquely identifying the shaver. ...