RFID to Boost Network Security

Here’s an article from PC World which talks to how average wireless devices may soon be used as RFID readers.

Presenters at RFID World in Boston last week focused on using second-generation active and passive radio frequency identification tags to provide advanced security and authentication, as well as ways to broaden the reach of the technology. Among the buzz from attendees was how the average wireless device could soon become an RFID reader, or perhaps a related radio-capable device for Near Field Communication, a short-distance radio technology to give a mobile user easy access to all kinds of data.

It still remains to be seen exactly how these devices will be used, but it's important to keep an eye on how this new approach to RFID unfolds.