Information Literacy

Torey Jackson
CSIT 101


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Near Field Communication (NFC)
How does it feel to know that you do not have to carry around a huge wallet filled with
bank cards, bus passes, coupons, and so much more bulky and inconvenient items? Well,
welcome to the future of a digital wallet, also known as your mobile device. All of that stuff in
your wallet live uniquely on your mobile device, whether its a tablet, iPod, or iPad you can use
it to do so many things. NFC is probably the most important and most questioned technology in
the world of succeeding generation mobile communication and applications.
Many mobile users have been concerned about using these mobile payment methods and
easy access applications. Many feared that the security level may not be high enough to keep all
of their information safe and protected from others being able to hack their personal information.
According to a Mobile Payments article in Tech crunch, Apples latest security measure, the
Touch ID fingerprint scanner with wide-sweeping possibilities, had proven to protect most
everyday only for device unlocking and little else with apple having this touch fingerprint
scanner it seems that this is a way to help prevent someone from getting into a persons mobile
device. Also many other mobile devices have security codes on them also to help prevent
hacking and unwanted phone break-ins. Apple has partnered with major card brands and banks
so they could support the mobile payment movement. As Apple rolls out the iPhone 6 with iOS
8 and Apple Pay, users will have a whole new world of NFC-enabled secure payment
capabilities open to them. The iPhone leverages a secure element (SE) inside the chip to store
sensitive data, can on-board new credit cards via the device's camera, and uses tokenization to
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protect real credit card data when it is "in flight," traversing the various networks within the
payment ecosystem. Coupled with this announcement is the timing of the EMV (Europay,
MasterCard and Visa) mandates set forth by card brands that requires retailers to switch their
existing payment devices for new hardware capable of supporting EMV payments. For Apple,
these partnerships ensure that they can readily connect the traditional retail payment rails to the
iTunes backend, thus locking in their user base to ensure its more than 800+ million registered
customers can securely and seamlessly allow the retailer to process a payment using the iPhone 6
credentials and an Apple iTunes account.
2 Additional Articles
Search Engines
Ixquick.com- What is Near Field Communication? (Article)
Bing.com- What is Near Field communication and how secure is it? (Article)
While using ixquick.com I found that it was very different from other search engines that
I have used in the past. It is know to be the worlds most private search engine The only search
engine that does not record your IP address. The article in this search engine looked legit and
seemed accurate. It provided me with new information then Bing. Also it had a discussion
section at the bottom for readers to discuss the article.
Bing.com search engine was also very helpful and legit also. The article included the
date, time and author. Also it included much more information then the article in Ixquick. It
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provided all the different layers of NFC. Ixquick only gave the definition of what NFC was. But
Bing gave the definition and all the parts that had to do with NFC also.
I would say that Bing search engine is better because it seems more accurate and I like
how it offered more information and broke NFC down into sections with the different headings
and subtitles. Also it included pictures and had a catchy title What is near field communication
(and how secure is it)? Bing looks more attractive and accurate and gave more results then
ixquick. Bing showed 54,000,000 Results and ixquick showed 21,999,481 Results.
TRAAP your Sources
What is Near Field communication (and how secure is it)?
Time- 6 November 2013, 3.43am GMT, no its has not been updated
Relevance- yes this does relate to my topic and answers my questions. This article
explained what NFC was and it also talked about its security and how secure a persons
information is while using their mobile device with NFC.
Authority- The author is Rob Livingstone, I am not sure if he is qualified to write about
this topic but it does state that he has no financial interests in, or affiliations with any
organization mentioned in this article.
Accurate- The information that was provided is trustworthy because he cites his
statements and facts with different sources that are licensed. He also uses a creative common
license. I do not think that the article has been tested for accuracy.
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Purpose- I believe that this article was written to inform readers about Near Field
Communication and to inform readers with information on how it may and may not be secure.
Rob, author, is trying to inform people on how NFC works and how it is more convenient then a
wallet. This article seems to be objective, because he is sharing information and not sharing his
opinions on the topic. Also he is not using I or we or being judgmental on the topic.
Scholarly journal articles
- Near Field Communication (NFC) Market Is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 43.7%
from 2013 to 2019: Transparency Market Research
- How Apple Pay is set to change commerce
Keywords used- near field communication, NFC, mobile technology
The database I used was LexisNexis Academic; I chose this database because it was the
only one that was provided for mobile technology. Also it is an information of technology
database, as found in the about us section on the LexisNexis home page.
Internet and Journal Articles
In my opinion, I like Internet articles more then journal articles. The reason I feel this
way is because Internet articles seem more exciting and inviting. It is easier to find an article on
the Internet then it is to search for a journal. Although the scholarly journal seems more accurate
and have been written by experts or professional fields they are boring. I have noticed that the
articles do not use pictures to help a reader visualize what the topic is about or how the topic
looks. Finding an article online does not take much time, you can search for it and so many
different options and results are shown. With a journal article it seemed to me that it takes more
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time. The Internet article showed me the author and the authors name. The journal article
showed byline and had the writers name.
Citations
MLA- Internet article
McCarthy, Robert. "Mobile Payments Are Finally A Reality Thanks To Apple | TechCrunch."
TechCrunch. N.p., 13 Sept. 2014. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.
MLA Internet Article-
Airman, Josh C., and Angela B. "What Is Near Field Communication. WiseGeek. Conjecture,
14 Aug. 2014. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.
MLA-Internet Article-
Livingstone, Rob. "What Is near Field Communication (and How Secure Is It)?" The
Conversation. N.p., 6 Nov. 2013. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.
MLA-Journal-
"How Apple Pay Is Set to Change Commerce." How Apple Pay Is Set to Change Commerce
(2014): n. pag. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. <http://0-
www.lexisnexis.com.library.ccbcmd.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?verb=sr&csi=299488&sterms=P
UBLICATION(Mobile+Technology)>.
MLA Journal-
Near Field Communication (NFC) Market Is Expected to Grow at a CAGR of 43.7% from 2013
to 2019: Transparency Market Research (2014): n. pag. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 18 Sept.
2014. <http://0-
www.lexisnexis.com.library.ccbcmd.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?verb=sr&csi=299488&sterms=P
UBLICATION(Mobile+Technology)>.




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