Passport Chip Could Attract High-Tech Mugger

[Eugen Leitl]

from the duh!!! dept.

Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/31/1541257
Posted by: Zonk, on 2005-03-31 17:11:00

   from the what,-no-trust? dept.
   [1]Orangez writes "Wired.com reports that 'business travel groups,
   security experts and privacy advocates are looking to derail a
   government plan to insert remotely readable chips in American
   passports, calling the chips [2]homing devices for high-tech muggers,
   identity thieves and even terrorists.' and that 'The 64-KB chips will
   include the information from the photo page of the passport, including
   name, date of birth and a digitized form of the passport picture.'"

References

   1. mailto:demonnik at gmail.com
   2. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67066,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

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