Prof. Dr. Ing. Christoph Paar wrote a paper about security issues in pervasive computing. His main question was if there are differences between security applications for LAN and pervasive networks. T…
Just a note to keep that idea: sometimes it's so so simple to find a solution without using hi-tech. If it is always perfect or reasonable is just another question, however this one works fast and…
Privacy is already an issue today – but try to think 10 years into the future – into the world of ubiquitous computing (UC). UC means that we will not recognize that loads of computer are around us. B…
RFID reports about a new use for RFID chips – active and passive – in prison:
Now at this prison, inmates would be fitted with an anklet or a bracelet having a unique identifier and the
security gua…
You already have a passport with RFID? If not many will have soon. The problem: security experts think that the data can easy be stolen with a hidden reader. Clever people can make strange things with…
… with Voice Trust – the leading voice recognition company from Munich, Germany. And what's fun – the founders first company was in the fashion business (and failed). But his second company is e…
A virtual jail is cheaper then a real one. In fact it's 5, 10 or 15US$ a day. Thats the cost of a bracelet-like gadget. With that gadget the police is able to control the whereabouts of drunken dr…
It's something I cannot stress enough: privacy and security issues are one of the most pressuring fields in technology. This topic will increase with more and more wearable products and technologi…
Another example where school kids will be tracked via RFID in japan.Children in Yokohama City, Japan, are the focus of a trial intended to test whether radio frequency identification might make Japan…
Kevin Kelly wrote an amazing article about the internet in 1995, 2005 and 2015. When it comes to the question how the web will look like after the next ten years he notes two results from a survey by…