more on on RFIDs in passports

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Edward Hasbrouck <edward () hasbrouck org>
Organization: The Practical Nomad
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:15:19 -0700
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] More on RFIDs in passports

> Moss said that since the chip will only contain information
> that is printed on the days page of the passport, it will not
> matter, and that "if you wish to out your passport in the
> microwave, you will still have a valid travel document that
> we will recognize."

Accroding to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:

The proposed rule ... would include a damaged electronic chip as
an additional basis for possible invalidation of a passport....
Under the proposed rule, a passport that contains a damaged,
defective, or otherwise nonfunctioning electronic chip ... may
be invalidated by the Department of State.... If the damage were
caused deliberately, the passport would be invalidated upon
discovery. 

The proposed regulation itself provides as follows:

Sec. 51.6 --Damaged, mutilated or altered passport: Any passport
which has been materially changed in physical appearance or
composition, or contains a damaged, defective or otherwise
nonfunctioning electronic chip, or which includes unauthorized
changes, obliterations, entries or photographs, ... may be
invalidated.

I discuss this, and some of Moss's other statements, at:

http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/000558.html

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