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Estonia Tests "Contactless" ID-Cards

Posted by timothy on from the man-exists-for-the-state dept.

borkee writes "Estonian MEAC and CMB start testing a new version of a national ID card containing what they call 'contactless' extensions. Although they do not specifically disclose to us, taxpayers, what technology is used there, it must be quite obvious that it's nothing less than RFID. Add to this, they'll have person's biometrics in memory. (Security gurus of course know: biometrics just don't work.) Soon you can track us poor Estonians by our GSM phones and by our ID cards too!"

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  1. Re:In Soviet Estonia.. by Richard+Dick+Head · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I think you mean Estonia was in the USSR.

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  2. Re:In Soviet Estonia.. by nebulus4 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Estonia actually WAS in Soviet Russia

    It's a common mistake to refer to Soviet as Soviet Russia... Russia was a part of the Soviet Union same way as Estonia, so, saying what you actually did doesn't make any sence ;)

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