----- Forwarded message from David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:49:06 -0400 To: Ip Ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Subject: [IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in October 2006 [priv] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Begin forwarded message: From: Edward Hasbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 28, 2005 11:07:28 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in October 2006 [priv] >From: "Lin, Herb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >*Front* cover? Does that mean that if I hold the passport the wrong >way, the skimmer will have a free ride? > FWIW: (1) The sample RFID passports that Frank Moss passed around at CFP, which looked like <http://travel.state.gov/passport/eppt/eppt_2501.html>, had the RFID chip (which was barely detectable by feel) in the *back* cover. The visible data page was/is, as with current passports, in the *front* cover. This is not compliant with the ICAO specifications, which recommend having the chip in the same page as the visible data, to make it more difficult to separate them. I can only guess that it was hard to laminate the visible data without damaging the chip, if it was in the same page. But it's interesting in light of the importance supposedly being placed on compliance with ICAO standards. (2) Moss had 2 sample RFID passports, 1 with and 1 without the shielding. He cliamed it was a layer in the entire outer cover (front and back), but it wasn't detectable by feel. I have more threat scenarios for the latest flavor of RFID passport at: http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/000869.html ---------------- Edward Hasbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://hasbrouck.org> +1-415-824-0214 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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