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Article #718Re: U.S. National Identity Card (RFID) Coming in 2008
From: Don K
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:55
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:55
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"Bob Ward" <bobward@email.com> wrote in message news:eu3b62dna3jue1727fault4fsicbqno05i@4ax.com... > > There are, of course, various types of RFID. > http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/ ... > Testing conducted last year revealed that RFID-enabled passports > impede the inspection process, according to documents (pdf) recently > obtained by EPIC under the Freedom of Information Act. ... It was interesting to browse thru those documents and then compare it to the spin that EPIC puts on it. The documents describe an on-going engineering field experiment, attempting to find what the problems are and to try to resolve the issues. EPIC latches onto the their data and starts advocating their own conclusions. Let's wait and see what the professionals can come up with without the kibitzing and political pressure. Don
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