Response from: S. Engberg

Hi Anita. The use of RFID for person authentication is simply stupid and the market says NO which is once again confirmed. The security risks are endless regarding Identity Theft (realtime phising attacks), tracking, unprotected personal data, security violations etc. As World Bank said "It makes it possible for criminals to grab money out of the air". We are simply talking fake security here. But the point is not that we should fear the technology itself. It is the iresponsible use that present the problem. We have no need for RFID-based person Id, that cannot be solved much better with better security technologies. Problems is that we are only in the early phases of recognicing the may challanges for securing against Identity Theft and other crimes in the Digital Age. Here we discuss some of the main escallating problems and announce the specs of an Anti-Identity Theft Life Mangement Devices. http://www.securitytaskforce.org/dmdocs/workshop2/stephan_engberg.pdf
The response to the survey: The people writing the article dont seem to have much respect for customer preferences or security issues. The attempt to enforce a seriously bad technological solution upon the market is damaging the consumer perception of RFID. You do NOT track and authenticate people without security and empowerment unless you are seeking for trouble with your customer relationships, security incidents and PR damage. In the Digital Age, the criminals could for instance target and steal the identities of even the security-cleared personel. Unless security is redirected to focus on self-protection we are heading for real trouble.