摘要 |
An electronic device with an embedded wireless tag may be authenticated by a linking partner, which may be another electronic device or a data network, before network connection can be established. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an embedded wireless communicator for communicating with the wireless tag through a wireless link to retrieve identification data for authentication. In other embodiments, the electronic device cooperates with an external wireless communicator to retrieve stored identification data from the embedded wireless tag. In alternate embodiments, an electronic device may authenticate a peripheral device with an embedded wireless tag before connection can be established with the peripheral device. The electronic device may further erase the data stored on the peripheral device when authentication fails.
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