RFid Blog

An ABI Research finding claims that around 565 million high frequency RFID tags ICs were shipped last year. The research firm explains the shipments of high frequency ISO14443 tag ICs have grown to 104 percent from first quarter 2005 to first quarter.

The Homeland Security Department confronts some serious problems in its RFID program that would widen the scope for illegal access of confidential data, a new report released by Inspector General Richard Skinner warns. As noted earlier, the DHS is...

Here is good news for the US policy makers who are facing sharp criticism from the security experts because of the RFID passport idea. The reason as the experts claim is that the RFID passports possess security threat. However, the Orem Utah-based...

The US government has awarded a contract to German chip maker Infineon to supply millions of chips for US passports. The announcement has come just two weeks after the Black Hat Conference where the security experts warned the security threats of...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking all possible steps for the implementation of RFID technology to protect the US pharmaceutical supply chain against counterfeit drugs. In order to know the mass perception on the latest ID...

What if a terrorist were to develop a RFID-enabled land mine tuned to the frequency of an American passport when it came in proximity? Could it detonate an explosive? It was the question raised by Kevin Mahaffey, a director of software development at.

We have already reported the critical remarks of security experts on America's RFID-enabled e-passport idea. The recently concluded Defcon security conference in Las Vegas will further complicate the debate over e-passport. It is more or less...

Senate Appropriations Committee has put aside the controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative of the Homeland Security Department (HSD). The HSD suggested that people crossing the US borders must carry either a passport or a new form of...