Near Field Communications (NFC) as halal detection application

• Main Authors: Md. Sawari, Siti Salwa, Ghazali, Mohd. Al Ikhsan, Abu Bakar Yap, Siti Mariam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research 2015
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58630/1/SitiSalwaMd2015_NearFieldCommunicationsNFCasHalal.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58630/; http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s2p547

The objective of this study is to discover the advantages and disadvantages uses of Near Field Communications (NFC) as halal certificate detection. NFC is a type of wireless connectivity protocols, in which it allows reliable communications within devices in short range. Consumers can easily detect the halal status of the nearby restaurants as their phones will vibrates if the restaurants have the legal halal certificates in 500 meter distance. In addition, consumers can easily report to authorities about the fake halal logos of the restaurants using this system, with that an immediate action will be taken. However, it also discovers that NFC could bring several disadvantage such data loss and tag damage, technical limitations in the implementations of software card emulation and loss in security.