tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28450497.post5132923719289367583..comments2007-08-10T06:48:04.835-04:00Adam J. Fein, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12217252282643255442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28450497.post-33845200860519724052007-08-10T05:52:00.000-04:002007-08-10T05:52:00.000-04:00In response to anon above, if the written ID is tied to the TID in a dbase, the anti-counterfeting scheme works. The TID is not writable, ID's the make and model of the tag, along with a unique ID per tag and is done at the time of manufacture. Tie this to the written ID in a backend dbase and now a counterfeiter cannot duplicate this without buying a silicon processing machine and manufacturing their own tags. Oh ya, they would also need access to the dbase to make the associations right wouldn't they.....Subject Matter Expertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28450497.post-69191760112494599912007-05-30T14:56:00.000-04:002007-05-30T14:56:00.000-04:00I can't imagine why a RFID tag would be any impediment to counterfeiters. It has been a well discussed issue that RFID tags are easily acquired and programmed with real serial numbers. If retagged product is placed one step ahead in the supply chain (by say holding the real product in a warehouse), counterfeiters can authenticate fakes, and send the real products for testing. <BR/><BR/>Counterfeiters don't have to even access a database, or break open containers, to acquire the serial numbers. The numbers can be obtained using RFID much-touted lack of line-of-site requirement. Say, read an entire shipping container at sea, transmit the serial numbers via satellite, and before the container makes it to land, it could be considered fake by border patrols. <BR/><BR/>RFID expert Michael Guillory does a nice job of explaining the process on the AIM website. There are also many instructional videos on the web - even for more encrypted RFID like your car keys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28450497.post-75107283880476339692007-05-14T13:23:00.000-04:002007-05-14T13:23:00.000-04:00Myth#1 RFID as Anti-counterfeiting Device.<BR/><BR/>I don't hear the RFID industry or Pharma industry saying RFID was a type of anti-counterfeiting or security device. There is big difference between using RFID as an enabler to a more safe and secure supply chain vs. indicating that tags alone is a security device. A lock is of no use if its not attached to a door to a frame to a building.<BR/>RFID is only a component to safe and secure supply chain. A system of laws, regulations, business practices, systems, penalities, and enforcement must work together with RFID is needed. <BR/>Myth#2 RFID needed for Track and Trace. <BR/>A unique identification system (serialization)applied to all levels of packaging is needed for track and trace system. Other data carriers will work to deliver unique identification, but these "line of sight" data carriers provides no additional hurdles for counterfeiters. We want to make it more difficult for them to introduce bad product into the supply chain. Again, its a "system" of activities needed to ensure a safe supply chain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com