RFID Cards that are Private and Secure Now

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• All of the recent generation of RF user identification devices can be read, cloned, and tracked.  This is a legitimate privacy and security concern.
  • Persons with reasonably proficient skills, using only public information, can surreptitiously read, clone, and track contactless identification devices in a way that presents a risk to both individuals and organizations.
  • Recently standardized cryptographic defenses have been thwarted by new third-party and relay attacks that render them ineffective.
• The only completely effective solution is to disable the RF transceiver when the device is not in a controlled environment.
  • User-controlled enablement solves the problems by completely disabling the RFID function except in the controlled environment in which it is needed.
  • This secure-activation solution has been developed and is available to resolve the issue now.
• The new user-controlled secure activation devices are effective for the preferred longer-range ID technologies
  • In order to accommodate today’s fast-moving vehicles and pedestrians, ID cards have progressed from the original close-coupled cards to proximity cards, then to vicinity cards, and finally to UHF distance cards.
  • User-controlled activation provides security for all of these technologies, enabling the latest generation of convenient UHF distance cards to be used securely to protect the nation’s borders for both pedestrians and vehicle drivers.
• Secure activation cards are available now and are ready for deployment.
  • RFID cards with UHF and secure activation control are available today.
  • There is no need to delay the deployment cards since privacy and security are now protected.
  • RFID devices that authenticate identities should not be deployed without a controlled activation feature.

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