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

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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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