New ‘On/Off Switch’ Secures RFID Cards
DarkReading’s Senior Editor – Kelly Jackson Higgins reports on a new advance in RFID deployments permitting the initialization of the so-called transmit function of RFID chips.
From the report: “The cardholder activates the RFID transmission by squeezing the card between his thumb and forefinger when it must be scanned by a reader.”
The patented polymer-based technology comprised of metal particles is embedded into a circuit and gets built into a smart card during the lamination process. When compressed, it acts as an RFID signal conductor… – Kelly Jackson Higgins
