This is cache of http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/210624238/. Cache is the snapshot of article that we took when we index feed.
To see original page click here.
We are not affiliated with the authors of this article and not responsible for its content.
New US e-passports to speed checkpoint times, freak out privacy types, in April or May
2008-01-03 12:15:00 by Paul Miller in Engadget
 

Filed under:

The feds are done debating and are all prepped to introduce RFID e-passports readable up to 20 feet away to US citizens who frequently travel to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean in either April or May of 2008. The new passports should allow traveler info to be read as they're shuffling up to the border agent, who can verify their info and wave them along with little delay. Privacy advocates are obviously concerned about people capturing data or cloning the passports, but you can always "accidentally" destroy your RFID chip if that's enough of an issue for you -- the rest of us welcome our benevolent Big Brother with bellyfeel!

[Via Slashdot]

 

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

 
Tags: passports, info, traveler info, border agent, april, privacy, frequently travel, rfid chip, brother
 
 
 
 
 
RELATED VIDEO
Expand / Minimize