more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in October 2006 [priv]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Lin, Herb" <HLin () nas edu>
Date: October 25, 2005 5:50:06 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: RE: [IP] U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in  
October 2006 [priv]


*Front* cover?  Does that mean that if I hold the passport the wrong
way, the skimmer will have a free ride?  Also, the GPO regulations
(below) say the antiskimming material won't protect at all inside 10 cm,
which suggests that high-power skimmers will have an easier time of it
penetrating the antiskimming material outside 10 cm.

Time to get passport holders with several layers of real aluminum foil
all the way around them.

Herb


To address Americans' concerns about ID theft, the Bush administration
said the new passports will be outfitted with "antiskimming material" in
the front cover to "mitigate" the threat of the information being
surreptitiously scanned from afar. (From the article mentioned)

From the GPO regulations p

 "Based on that testing, the Department, in cooperation with the GPO,
will include an anti-skimming material in the front cover and spine of
the electronic passport that will mitigate the threat of skimming from
distances beyond the ten centimeters prescribed by the ISO 14443
technology, as long as the passport book is closed or nearly closed."




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From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
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Subject: [IP] U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: October 25, 2005 4:23:23 PM EDT
To: politech () politechbot com
Subject: [Politech] U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in
October 2006 [priv]


Text of regulations:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-21284.htm

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http://news.com.com/Passports+to+get+RFID+chip+implants/
2100-7348_3-5913644.html?tag=nefd.top

Passports to get RFID chip implants
October 25, 2005, 12:12 PM PDT

All U.S. passports will be implanted with remotely-readable computer
chips starting in October 2006, the Bush administration has announced.

Sweeping new State Department regulations issued Tuesday say that
passports issued after that time will have tiny radio frequency ID
(RFID) chips that can transmit personal information including the name,
nationality, sex, date of birth, place of birth and digitized photograph
of the passport holder. Eventually, the government contemplates adding
additional digitized data such as "fingerprints or iris scans."

Over the last year, opposition to the idea of implanting RFID chips in
passports has grown amidst worries that identity thieves could snatch
personal information out of the air simply by aiming a high- powered
antenna at a person or a vehicle carrying a passport. Out of the 2,335
comments on the plan that were received by the State Department this
year, 98.5 percent were negative. The objections mostly focused on
security and privacy concerns.

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