ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the protocols involving tag-reader communications utilized with passive devices. It describes possible applications of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology within the field of biomedical engineering. The chapter discusses the applicability of various security-enabled protocols. It examines considerations, risk factors, and security and privacy issues associated more specifically with biomedical applications. The practice of chipping, inserting an RFID tag below the surface of the skin, has a diverse set of applications, such as those marketed by VeriChip and Digital Angel Corporation. The developments by Digital Angel Corporation allow for growth in the field of thermometry devices. In many of the more common applications, RFID system vulnerabilities have serious risks to personal privacy. For biomedical applications of RFID technology; however, compromises to an implanted tag can be life threatening, causing serious bodily harm or possibly death.
