[IP] U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in October 2006 [priv]
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>
Date: October 25, 2005 4:23:23 PM EDT
To: politech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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