Comments on: RFID and physical social networks http://www.nearfield.org/2008/09/rfid-and-physical-social-networks Interaction with RFID and NFC Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: james http://www.nearfield.org/2008/09/rfid-and-physical-social-networks/comment-page-1#comment-30178 james Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:22:59 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/?p=420#comment-30178 Hi Timo, Poken and mynameise are not RFID although interesting new on=off type of tools. We built an RFID thing around similar ideas of connecting people although not something that's very easy to distribute unlike the other two. http://blog.roomwareproject.org/2008/10/06/social-rfid-installation-for-media-plaza/ Hi Timo, Poken and mynameise are not RFID although interesting new on=off type of tools. We built an RFID thing around similar ideas of connecting people although not something that’s very easy to distribute unlike the other two. http://blog.roomwareproject.org/2008/10/06/social-rfid-installation-for-media-plaza/

]]> By: Timo http://www.nearfield.org/2008/09/rfid-and-physical-social-networks/comment-page-1#comment-30045 Timo Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:24:45 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/?p=420#comment-30045 <i>Andrea</i>: For us the technology distinctions are overshadowed by the fact that it *acts* like an RFID/near-field interaction, even if the technology is slightly different. <i>Jens</i>: There are many technologies that can be used for surveillance, and RFID certainly has the potential. However I'm not sure that a consumer product like Poken is any more scary than having a mobile phone or an Oyster Card. The recent, highly publicised <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9069558" rel="nofollow">hacking of Mifare encryption</a> shows that the technology is not infallible. Andrea: For us the technology distinctions are overshadowed by the fact that it acts like an RFID/near-field interaction, even if the technology is slightly different.

Jens: There are many technologies that can be used for surveillance, and RFID certainly has the potential. However I’m not sure that a consumer product like Poken is any more scary than having a mobile phone or an Oyster Card.

The recent, highly publicised hacking of Mifare encryption shows that the technology is not infallible.

]]> By: Jens Swelson http://www.nearfield.org/2008/09/rfid-and-physical-social-networks/comment-page-1#comment-30029 Jens Swelson Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:53:52 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/?p=420#comment-30029 Couldn't the poken be a conspiracy from a government from any country? Here in the Netherlands the government is willing to let the people accept the rfid-chips in their passports. Soon they will appear in the train and bus tickets too. But there are rumors about this chip being hacked. Do you know more about it? Couldn’t the poken be a conspiracy from a government from any country? Here in the Netherlands the government is willing to let the people accept the rfid-chips in their passports. Soon they will appear in the train and bus tickets too.

But there are rumors about this chip being hacked. Do you know more about it?

]]> By: Andrea http://www.nearfield.org/2008/09/rfid-and-physical-social-networks/comment-page-1#comment-30024 Andrea Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:05:40 +0000 http://www.nearfield.org/?p=420#comment-30024 Poken is not exactly a RFID-based product. In fact, to operate RFID-based products need a reader, which for both the electrical consumptions and dimensions was suitable for Poken. Hence people at Poken developed their own technology, which is conceptually similar to RFID, but it is not the same (they don't use the RFID word to describe this technology in their website). There is no reader with Poken. Both devices can read and write and both devices, differently from RFID tags, require a battery. Poken is not exactly a RFID-based product. In fact, to operate RFID-based products need a reader, which for both the electrical consumptions and dimensions was suitable for Poken. Hence people at Poken developed their own technology, which is conceptually similar to RFID, but it is not the same (they don’t use the RFID word to describe this technology in their website). There is no reader with Poken. Both devices can read and write and both devices, differently from RFID tags, require a battery.

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