Privacy vs. Security: Biometric E-Passports

ftblguy writes "Countries such as the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, US, Australia, and New Zealand are currently looking into adding RFID chips to citizens' passports. The chips would contain data such as a digital image of the person's face. A real-time facial scan of the carrier of the passport would then be matched to the data encoded in the chip. But privacy advocates such as CASPIAN are concerned that this data could get into the hands of the wrong people or that governments could use the data to track their citizens as they go about their personal business. But, with all of the terrorist threats lately, bringing passport documents into the digital world is sure to increase security."

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Re:"with all of the terrorist threats lately"

[geekee]

All the 9/11 hijackers entered the US using falsified passports and you see no need to improve the system and conjure up some irrational fear based on a book written against an etirely different threat to justify yourself? Emigrate to north Korea and find out what they authro of 1984 was really talking about