Chips in Passports Guest
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Posted: Sun, Apr 3 2005, 8:01 am EDT Post subject: Privacy Advocates Criticize Plan To Embed ID Chips in Passports |
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Privacy Advocates Criticize Plan To Embed ID Chips in Passports
A government plan to embed U.S. passports with radio frequency chips starting this summer is being met by resistance from travel and privacy groups who say the technology is untested and could create a security risk for travelers.
The embedded chips are designed to make passports work more like employee ID cards that can be passed over an electronic reader to gain access to a building. State Department officials said the new technology, commonly known as radio frequency identification (RFID), would allow customs agents to quickly process passengers at airports and borders. The passports are to be issued to diplomats starting in August, and then the program would expand to applicants for new passports over the next year.
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