A U.S. State Department proposal to include wireless data chips in U.S. passports has been met with a wave of criticism and concern from privacy activists and security experts who fail to see any value in the wireless technology for passports. The chips could only serve to compromise personal data and put U.S. citizens at risk, they argue. U.S. officials with the Department of Homeland Security have tried to deflect the privacy and security concerns that have dogged radio frequency identification (RFID).
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Critics Call Proposed US Passport Technology ‘Dangerous’
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 31, 2005 12:01 PMA U.S. State Department proposal to include wireless data chips in U.S. passports has been met with a wave of criticism and concern from privacy activists and security experts who fail to see any value in the wireless technology for passports. The chips could only serve to compromise personal data and put U.S. citizens at risk, they argue. U.S. officials with the Department of Homeland Security have tried to deflect the privacy and security concerns that have dogged radio frequency identification (RFID).