RFID Debate is Maturing

And you thought the fight over radio frequency identification technology was all about whether Big Brother would be able to track unsuspecting individuals as they go about their daily lives. In some corners it’s still about that, but RFID has matured to the point where debates have more to do with what kind of RFID is appropriate for government applications than whether it’s appropriate at all.

Essentially, this fight has come down to high-frequency versus ultrahigh-frequency. High-frequency is used in short-range and on a single frequency, however, ultrahigh-frequency supporters argue that its multiple data protocols can cause incompatibilities between tags and readers.