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Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”? by cayblood on Sunday October 13, 2019 @10:05PM (#21244727)
Seems like they could greatly reduce fraud by using RFID stickers to authenticate manufacturer-authorized products.
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Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”? by lucb1e on Monday October 14, 2019 @06:01AM (#21246568)
RFID is the same as a barcode, just that you don't need an optical reader (or line of sight, even). Did you mean NFC with some signature scheme, or did you mean a unique code like a barcode or RFID to track an item individually?
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Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”? by teddyh on Monday October 14, 2019 @06:53AM (#21246835)
Why do you assume that counterfeiters won’t also have RFID stickers? This is like RFC 3514 all over again.
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Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”? by bootlooped on Sunday October 13, 2019 @10:39PM (#21244853)
They have an opt-in program that does this (maybe without RFID) called Project Zero.
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