Begin forwarded message: From: Randy Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 3, 2006 3:12:15 PM EST To: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DHS to Test RFID Passport Technology at San Francisco Airport From SANS newsbites. --DHS to Test RFID Passport Technology at San Francisco Airport (30 December 2005) Beginning in approximately two weeks, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be testing radio frequency identification (RFID) chip-embedded passport technology at San Francisco International Airport. Singapore, Australia and New Zealand have begun issuing citizens passports with the technology. The US Department of State has said that all US passports issued after October 2006 will have embedded RFID technology that will carry personal data and a digital photograph. Last fall, DHS conducted a three-month test of RFID-embedded passports in Los Angeles through the US-VISIT program. In addition, the DHS has "installed biometric entry facilities at all fixed points of entry." http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/175800140 http://www.fcw.com/article91831-12-30-05-Web ------------------------------------- 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/
