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Article #692Re: U.S. National Identity Card (RFID) Coming in 2008
From: James
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:36
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:36
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bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: > In article <V96dnVu5T-92Uv7ZnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@comcast.com>, > "Don K" <dk@dont_bother_me.com> wrote: > >> The original diatribe was that drivers licenses are going to >> contain RFID for the purpose of unlimited domestic surveillance. >> >> First, there are pros and cons to the various technologies that could >> make the card machine-readable, so to say it will be RFID is just >> speculation. >> >> Secondly, even if RFID ends up being used, it will not lend itself >> particular well to unlimited surveillance a la Big Brother. You might >> want RFID to identify a box of Pop Tarts from 20 feet away, but a >> personal ID info would need to be tightly contained. The RFID >> passport >> is sufficiently shielded to prevent detection further than 10 cm. >> The coupling to the device could be reduced even more, or the >> card might even need to be inserted into a shielded ATM-type >> machine to prevent eavesdropping and identity theft by the bad guys. > Yup. Definitely an industry guy. Are you their lawyer or just a hack? Just another utterly mindless conspiracy theory. Plenty who dont have anything to do with the industry understand the basics and just dont buy the mindless conspiracy theorys fools like you keep mindlessly hyperventilating about.
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