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Abstract
An RFID Privacy Platform (M)Status: Abgeschlossen
RFID tags might replace and improve upon the traditional ubiquitous bar code
in consumer products in the future. Due to the automatic and invisible
nature of the tag detection process, the impending ubiquity of RFID tags
also poses a threat to consumer privacy. Recent research to address the RFID
privacy problem has mainly focused on securing the air interface between
tags and readers such as the blocker tag or silent and random tree walking
algorithms (insert quotes).
The goal of this Masters thesis would be to develop an RFID Privacy Platform
that is based on the fact that novel generations of RFID readers can make
only those tags respond with data over the air interface whose serial number
match a certain pattern, e.g. certain shelf readers would only ask tags
attached to Gillette products to respond. The RFID readers would in addition
publish their "target serial numbers" and potentially corresponding product
descriptions over a non-RFID channel. A personal mobile device carried by
the user would receive this policy and compare it to the RFID policy of the
consumer. The following negotiation could result in the RFID reader
adjusting his policy depending on the services the user would like to
receive.
This Masters thesis involves designing the proposed RFID privacy platform in
detail, comparing it to existing approaches to address the RFID privacy
problem and implementing the RFID privacy platform in a demo scenario.
Student/Bearbeitet von: Roland Schneider Contact/Ansprechpartner: Christian Floerkemeier, Marc Langheinrich
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