TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Wired News: American Passports to Get Chipped

Re: Wired News: American Passports to Get Chipped

Scott Dorsey (kludge@panix.com)
16 Nov 2004 14:57:14 -0500

Marcus Didius Falco <falco_marcus_didius@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> New U.S. passports will soon be read remotely at borders around the
> world, thanks to embedded chips that will broadcast on command an
> individual's name, address and digital photo to a computerized reader.

> The State Department hopes the addition of the chips, which employ
> radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology, will make
> passports more secure and harder to forge, according to spokeswoman
> Kelly Shannon.

Great idea! Now the bad guys can build bombs that explode when they
detect nearby American passports! It's just the thing to ensure
Americans' safety abroad.

--scott

"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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