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| May 31, 2005) State Department Backs Off RFID Passport. The State Department said today it will not go forward with a controversial plan that would have made personal data contained in hi-tech. |
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November21, 2006
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| A letter to the State Department from privacy groups says there is "no statutory authority" for the RFID passport because Congress has not authorised it.' (silicon.com article). All US Passports To. |
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| The plan is to have RFID technology in place eventually at all U.S. Borders. The chips could cost as little as 25 cents each, he said. ___ Fri, Nov. 26, 2004 U.S. Opposed Passport Privacy Protections. |
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November20, 2006
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| Main Blogging WIPO's Development Agenda Meeting - Day 1 ª EFF Urges State Department to Drop RFID Passport Plan April 08, 2005 As we reported last week, the US State Department is pushing to embed. |
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| My only question is whether a newly issued non-RFID passport will remain valid for 10 more years? If so, I think I'll go get one ASAP. Spicyjeff Smack-Fu Master, in training Registered: August 10. |
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November19, 2006
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| Further reading: ICAO: Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTD) specifications US Government RFP for electronic passports Anita Campbell: on the political slant in the RFID passport discussions Bruce. |
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| The RFID passport could act as "terrorist beacons" because they could indiscriminately expose U.S. Residents personal information to strangers. You may recall a stink involving rental cars a few. |
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November18, 2006
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| Plan. Most of the data on the RFID chip in the passport (except, crucially, a fixed globally unique. The single change to the RFID passport plan that would make the most difference - dramatically. |
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| In the passport version, the State Department said the RFID chips would be readable at a distance. The State Department said it has received 2,335 comments on the RFID passport proposal since the. |
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November17, 2006
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| April 26, 2005 Feds Rethinking RFID Passport Think perhaps they might be getting clueful? Maybe. Feds Rethinking RFID Passport: "In the wake of privacy concerns about the government's new RFID. |
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| Every RFID Passport will have unique chip number. Some privacy right activists are a little concerned but the chips cannot be used to track individuals. Others ask why not? Why canÃt we track those. |
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November16, 2006
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| EPC is not yet the big market The ICAO RFID passport scheme involves around 30 countries and 300 passports working at High Frequency HF. It has got off to a slow start but it will rise in importance. |
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November11, 2006
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November 20 2006 21:58 pm According to this guardian article, the encryption of the data on the RFID equipped passports is rather trivial. According to the article successfull attempts at reading the data remotely were made up to 30 cm away. Could somebody please tell me how ... November 17 2006 15:55 pm US State Departments RFID Passport idea has created furious debate in the streets of America. The security experts are agog with the policy makers regarding the introduction of RFID passports. Initially, the State Department was reluctant to admit... November 12 2006 5:50 pm Yesterday we reported on Paraben's RFID-blocking StrongHold bag which claims to block unwanted RFID signals from reaching the newer US passports. Paraben has since sent us a few bags for further testing. We took detailed pictures and discovered that the bags will block cellular phone signal quite well. |
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