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[privacy] US.gov tunes out scathing RFID privacy report


From: Gordon Darling <gordondarling () dsl pipex com>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:59:05 +0000

From El Reg

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/rfid_study_disavowed/

An external security advisory committee reporting to the US Department
of Homeland Security has produced a highlight critical report (PDF)
<http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_advcom_rpt_rfid_draft.pdf>
 advising against the use of RFID technology in government documents.

But the scathing analysis remains stuck in limbo, as a draft report,
while the government pushes ahead with plans to include RFID tags in
everything from passport and diving licences to library cards.....
-- 
gordondarling<at>dsl<dot>pipex<dot>com

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