How about defeating the purpose of counterfeiters with double edge protection? You people must be aware of the fact that holograms are used to discriminate between original and fake products and now Hitachi and Toppan have gone a step further and launched what they call world's first hologram-toting IC tag which is a combo of hologram and RFID aimed at making counterfeiting more difficult.

Holograms cannot be faked without large scale facilities and RFID data is encrypted and quite secure which at the end of the day would be a tough nut to crack. The sticker cannot be peeled off the item in question without being broken into pieces.

So the next time you go off to buy some pretty expensive designer handbags or perfume you will be confident of the fact that you are not wasting your hard earned money on some fake product which can only be distinguished from the genuine product by an eagle's eye. All thanks to Hitachi and Toppan for coming up with hologram-toting IC tag.

Via crunchgear