RFID implants: Opportunities and Challenges for Identifying People

RFID implant-based applications for I&A are in their infancy. There are some indications of economic and social potential, although quantifying real benefits still needs in-field testing. Todays concerns with respect to security, privacy and ethics are substantial and they seem to block further development. Technology acceptance, however, may change in the future. Although the prospects are uncertain in this framework, this paper shows that a wide use of RFID implants for I&A in a number of applications is not an unlikely scenario.JRC.J.4-Information Societ