RFID tags might be the next wave in libraries’ inventory-keeping, but a team of Dutch researchers says there are still plenty of kinks to work out. In a proof-of-concept paper, the scientists — from the Free University in Amsterdam — have demonstrated that the tags could become conduits for worms and viruses.
The team candidly outlined several ways that tags could be corrupted. The risks of releasing such information, the researchers argued, are secondary to the importance of improving RFID security. "It is a lot better to lock the barn door while the prize race horse is still inside than to deal with the consequences of not doing so afterwards," they wrote. (eWeek)
For more on RFID tags, see an article from The Chronicle by Scott Carlson.
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