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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."
dupe!
UK Laptops
I probably wouldn't object to this idea, if I just knew that I could turn it off.
If each passport had a key encrypted with a passphrase (like in PGP), and you needed the passphrase to use it,
then every Joe User would write his passphrase ON the passport.
Move Sig. For great justice.
Will my passport run linux? There must be a way :)
A little stupidity is as unlikely as a little pregnancy
They're propably going to implant it in a part of the body that you'd rather never lose.
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Tinfoil condoms :)
Just wrap your damn passport in aluminum foil already.
Striking fear in the authors of godawful fanfiction, I am here, appearing in darkness, Tuxedo Jack!
I would write a long reply, but I'm too busy wiping the Arab occupation in my neighborhood.
I also have the weekly meeting in the judeo-mason cell in the morning, during which we are going to plan how to torture Palestinian children during the Rosh-haShanah holiday, so that proper entertainment will be available to us zionists.
But thanks for the information, I will pass it to my leaders.