FDA suggests RFID tagging of drugs

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:25:01 -0500
From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com>
Subject: FDA suggests RFID tagging of drugs
To: dave () farber net

The FDA has released a report calling for the RFID tagging of
pharmaceuticals to help defend against counterfeiting.  The word
"privacy" barely occurs in the report -- there's simply a reference to
HIPAA -- and it is not listed among the important unresolved issues.

The report is at http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/counterfeit/report02_04.html


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb

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