STATE DEPT. TO RETHINK PRIVACY SUPPORT IN RFID PASSPORTS

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall  <joehall () gmail com>
Sent: 26/4/'05,  11:41

STATE DEPT. TO RETHINK PRIVACY SUPPORT IN RFID PASSPORTS

Following criticism from computer security professionals and
civil libertarians about the privacy risks posed by new RFID
passports the government plans to begin issuing, a State
Department official said his office is reconsidering a
privacy solution it rejected earlier that would help protect
passport holders' data. The solution would require an RFID
reader to provide a key or password before it could read
data embedded on an RFID passport's chip.

<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67333,00.html>

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