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Security Risks Of E-passports Exposed
Talkback The British Govenrment will make "owning such equipment for cloning purposes" a crime and thus will protect UK passports (and citizens) from being exploited in this way. The sad thing about the above joke is that they are probably already on the case.
[August 7, 2006, 13:44]
Enhancing Privacy For RFID Passports
White Papers While contactless reading of passports can be advantageous compared to traditional contact-based smart cards, e.g.avoid issues of contact contamination, the use of the RFID is only necessary when an authorized ofcial needs to inspect the passport...
[February 14, 2006, 23:00]
Biometric Passports Win EU Approval
News Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports. The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months and initially will record the facial characteristics of the bearer.
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
Singapore Mulls Biometric Data In Passports
News Several Singapore government agencies have joined forces to study the feasibility of embedding fingerprints or eye scans onto computer chips planted inside the country's passports. However, in the light of tighter of security policies after the 11...
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
News New EU passports will be embedded with a radio frequency ID chip that contains biometric data, after standards bodies put the technology on a fast-track to deployment. International technical standards and civil aviation organisations have...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
RFID Passports Go Live
News Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. Except for Andorra, Brunei and Liechtenstein, all of...
[October 27, 2006, 9:30]
Security Risks Of E-passports Exposed
News Radio tags used in everything from building access cards to highway toll cards to passports are surprisingly easy to copy and pose a grave security risk, researchers said this week. At security conferences researchers demonstrated that passports...
[August 7, 2006, 8:55]
Fitting Passports With Biometric Data
News Governments already have that ability using old-fashioned passports, he added. A number of countries are about to launch trials of passports and visas that incorporate basic biometric information about the document holder alongside the traditional...
[August 18, 2004, 15:45]
Security Risks Of E-passports Exposed
Talkback '.possibly letting terrorists' - who are they? Those who oppose the U.S.A.and its confederates - the true, the pure, and the good, the U.S. Israel, and the EU? But how could anyone be opposed to such friends of humanity?
[August 7, 2006, 22:26]
RFID Passports Go Live
Talkback Quite enough to make me believe in "conspiracy theories". Why does the EU kowtow to the USA? I don't understand. Why do European countries prefer petty nationalistic squabbles to uniting behind common values against the great embracer of torture...
[October 27, 2006, 15:49]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
Talkback I represent "Advanced Airport Systems Technology Research Consortium" (ASTREC). Research activities are conducted jointly by the airport operator, airlines, home-delivery companies, RFID technology related companies and system vendors under the...
[December 31, 2004, 4:38]
Fitting Passports With Biometric Data
Talkback Isn't it a big problem for cosmetic surgeons? Anyway, the contents of RFID-chip is invisible and even the owner of e-passport could not make sure of. It makes me quite uneasy.
[August 18, 2004, 18:54]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
Talkback Are we going mad ? So BIG BROTHER is watching you is becoming a fact! What next? A chip in our head that could be trace our movements from space? So instead of growing as a species we are recessing again in the dark-age era, aren't we?
[December 17, 2003, 8:27]
Microsoft Turns Mobiles Into 'Passports'
News Microsoft and RSA are to team up on security in a deal that will enable e-commerce sites using Microsoft's Passport authentication service to bolster security using mobile phones. The deal is just one of several between the two companies announced...
[October 9, 2002, 10:00]
Photos: Biometrics Up Close And Personal
News Accenture's biometric capture technology is designed to be used in enrollment centres for biometric e-passports and identity cards, according to Accenture biometrics specialist, Cyrill Bataller. RFID tags can be embedded in passports to enable...
[March 27, 2006, 17:40]
Renamed Philips Semi Wins US Passport Contract
News Philips Semiconductor is now NXP, and one of its first notable deals is a contract to supply chips for e-passports to the US Government. The US plans to issue 15 million e-passports in the first year of the programme, beginning in the next few months.
[September 1, 2006, 9:25]
Aviation Authority Sets Strict Biometric Passport Guidelines
News It's not just smiles that are forbidden on photos for Europe's forthcoming e-passports -- oversized glasses and headwear will also be out. The directive will come into force in March 2005 in the UK and will form part of the Europe-wide drive...
[August 12, 2004, 13:35]
US Urges EU To Lead The Way In Biometric IDs
News The US and the EU are in agreement over the need for biometrics on passports in order to curb terrorist activity -- and should be showing the rest of the world how it's done, according to Tom Ridge, the US Homeland Security Secretary.
[October 30, 2003, 16:00]
EU Calls For Biometric Passport Delay
News The European Union (EU) has called on the US to delay the deadline for the introduction of biometric passports for visitors without a visa. The UK is also negotiating separately with the US for an extension to the deadline as it only plans to start...
[April 1, 2005, 17:00]
Full Biometric ID Scheme To Reach The UK 'by 2009'
News E-passports with facial biometrics along with ID cards are set to hit the UK early next year and the Government also plans to include fingerprints in both by 2009, it was revealed at Biometrics 2005 in London on Thursday.
[October 20, 2005, 17:40]
