Extra Paper #10

Reference:
Visible and controllable RFID tags
Nicolai Marquardt
Alex Taylor
Nicolas Villar
Saul Greenberg
Proceeding CHI EA '10 Proceedings of the 28th of the international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems 

Summary:
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags containing privacy-sensitive information are increasingly embedded into personal documents (e.g., passports and driver's licenses). The problem is that people are often unaware of the security and privacy risks associated with RFID, likely because the technology remains largely invisible and uncontrollable for the individual. To mitigate this problem, the authors developed a collection of novel yet simple and inexpensive alternative tag designs to make RFID visible and controllable. For awareness, our tags provide visual, audible, or tactile feedback when in the range of an RFID reader. For control, people can allow or disallow access to the information on the tag by how they touch, orient, move, press, or illuminate the tag. 

Discussion:
I think that this is an interesting paper.  Today, where people can scan RFIDs from a credit card in a wallet or purse just by walking by with a scanner, something needs to be done.  This would help reduce the risk of having an RFID.  Whether it provides feedback when scanned, or only allowing certain information on the RFID, this could help reduce identity theft.