US Government To Release Electronic Passport

XueCast writes "The federal government has announced that they will release new electronic Passport cards in either April or May 2008. The cards could be read wirelessly from up to 20 feet away, which could reduce the waiting time at border checkpoints. Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State For Passport Services, Ann Barrett said, "As people are approaching a port of inspection, they can show the card to the reader, and by the time they get to the inspector, all the information will have been verified and they can be waved on through.""

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Re:Awesome

[arivanov]

That is not interesting. There are cheaper ways of doing it.

Now rigging in a bomb that will kill only a specific passport holder +/- collateral damage is a temptation that many people out there will find hard to resist.