This week, the U.S. State Department began rolling out “e-passports,” new high-tech documents that bolster border security through identity safeguards. In a dangerous world, upgrading passports is prudent policy that serves the interests of Americans at home and abroad, but not everyone is happy with them. E-passports employ the use of radio frequency identification tags, or “RFID.” RFID tags store unique data sets that can be read electronically and have been used successfully for decades on rugged terrain and in punishing environments.
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Here Come the Next-Gen Passports
Posted by: Sonia Arrison August 18, 2006 04:00 AMThis week, the U.S. State Department began rolling out “e-passports,” new high-tech documents that bolster border security through identity safeguards. In a dangerous world, upgrading passports is prudent policy that serves the interests of Americans at home and abroad, but not everyone is happy with them. E-passports employ the use of radio frequency identification tags, or “RFID.” RFID tags store unique data sets that can be read electronically and have been used successfully for decades on rugged terrain and in punishing environments.