Years ago we didn’t rely on technology to do anything for us, not only has that happened but technology is now a part of us. Day to day things entail of using a part of our identity to pay or use as proof. This isnt just a card with a name and number on it, but a card with an RFID.
‘‘Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a technology with components that are not a replacement for the barcoding, but a complement for distant reading of codes. The technology is used for automatically identifying a package or an item. To do this, it relies on RFID tags. These are small transponders(combined radio receiver and transmitter) that will transmit identity information over a short distance, when they are asked to. The other piece to make use of RFID tags is an RFID tag reader.’
This seems scary as this little chip is put in things phones, theyre almost like trackers with ALL our personal information that only the government has access to.
Even if it doesn’t have an RFID general I.D’s carry information an example is a provisional license, This shows where you were born, where you live, all your names, date of birth etc.
With identity cards like this, it must be easy to fall into the hands of anyone else, this causes fraud and theft.
There was once upon a time where people used to use money to pay for things, strictly cash in hand. Then came the invention ‘Chip and Pin’. Where you simply use your card with whatever retail shop you’re in and pay as the money gets transacted out of your account. Not only is that possible but we can now use these same debit or credit cards to buy things, online, over the phone and face to face. Although this invention is handy, this also causes of a lot of fraud.
Are the other technologies out there which are still yet to be developed to decrease identity theft? Or will something new come along instead of cards which can easily fall out of our back pocket?
‘‘Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a technology with components that are not a replacement for the barcoding, but a complement for distant reading of codes. The technology is used for automatically identifying a package or an item. To do this, it relies on RFID tags. These are small transponders(combined radio receiver and transmitter) that will transmit identity information over a short distance, when they are asked to. The other piece to make use of RFID tags is an RFID tag reader.’
This seems scary as this little chip is put in things phones, theyre almost like trackers with ALL our personal information that only the government has access to.
Even if it doesn’t have an RFID general I.D’s carry information an example is a provisional license, This shows where you were born, where you live, all your names, date of birth etc.
With identity cards like this, it must be easy to fall into the hands of anyone else, this causes fraud and theft.
There was once upon a time where people used to use money to pay for things, strictly cash in hand. Then came the invention ‘Chip and Pin’. Where you simply use your card with whatever retail shop you’re in and pay as the money gets transacted out of your account. Not only is that possible but we can now use these same debit or credit cards to buy things, online, over the phone and face to face. Although this invention is handy, this also causes of a lot of fraud.
Are the other technologies out there which are still yet to be developed to decrease identity theft? Or will something new come along instead of cards which can easily fall out of our back pocket?
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