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Chipped Passports Coming Monday
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:03:58 GMT
Via Wired News (AP). [snip] Despite ongoing privacy concerns and legal disputes involving companies bidding on the project, the U.S. State Department plans to begin issuing smart chip-embedded passports to Americans as planned Monday. Not even the foiled terror plot that heightened security checks at airports nationwide threatens to delay the rollout, the agency said. Any hitches in getting the technology to work properly could add even longer waits to travelers already facing lengthy security lines at airports. [snip] More: http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71583-0.html So, I'm wondering -- what does it take to render a RFID passport chip useless? A few minutes in the microwave? :-) - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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