DHS to Test RFID Passport Technology at San Francisco Airport

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Randy Fischer <randy.fischer () gmail com>
Date: January 3, 2006 3:12:15 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: DHS to Test RFID Passport Technology at San Francisco Airport

From SANS newsbites.

 --DHS to Test RFID Passport Technology at San Francisco Airport
(30 December 2005)
Beginning in approximately two weeks, the US Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) will be testing radio frequency identification (RFID)
chip-embedded passport technology at San Francisco International
Airport.  Singapore, Australia and New Zealand have begun issuing
citizens passports with the technology.  The US Department of State has
said that all US passports issued after October 2006 will have embedded
RFID technology that will carry personal data and a digital photograph.
Last fall, DHS conducted a three-month test of RFID-embedded passports
in Los Angeles through the US-VISIT program.  In addition, the DHS has
"installed biometric entry facilities at all fixed points of entry."
http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/175800140
http://www.fcw.com/article91831-12-30-05-Web

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