A Comparative Study of RFID Solutions for Security and Privacy: POP vs. Previous Solutions

In a true ubiquitous world, RFID tags will be available in everything, everywhere, and at all times. However, since those tags are bounded with constraints, with no foolproof method to manage the changing hands of the same-tagged item, there is no assurance of privacy and security in passive tags. Yet there are several vender specific solutions but none of them comprehensively solve the security risks and privacy threats arise in the domain of product lifecycle. Thus, there is a need to recognize a standard solution at least for a specific domain. Therefore we proposed the POP Method that comprehensively solves the problems arising in the domain of product lifecycle. In this paper, we compare and contrast the available major solutions against the POP method. We first provide evaluation criteria, and then we survey major proposed solutions, including ours. Next, we present the evaluation results addressing the security and privacy together with the functional aspects. Finally, we conclude the paper by realizing the best available solution for the product lifecycle with passive tags.