WHAT: � Tell the government you oppose spychips in passports WHERE: �http://www.rfidkills.com/action.html WHEN: � By Monday, April 4th, at 5:00 PM EST
Add your protest comment to the hundreds that have already been filed. Then forward this email and spread the word! =============================================================== THE PROBLEM: =============================================================== SPYCHIPS PLANNED FOR PASSPORTS The US Department of State plans to put remotely readable radio frequency identification (RFID) spychips into all new passports. These tiny computer spychips will use radio waves to broadcast the information contained on our passports -- including name, date and place of birth, passport number and photograph -- right through our wallets, backpacks, pockets or purses, to nearby reader devices. The data will not be encrypted or protected in any way. This reckless plan could put Americans traveling overseas at risk of attack by thieves, muggers, kidnappers, and even terrorists who could use portable reader devices to zero in on the radio signals emanating from our passports. Don't let the federal government put a spychip in *your* pocket! NOTE: While the maximum legal read range of the passport chips is only a few inches, criminals can eavesdrop on official reader devices to capture your data from across a room or potentially even down the block. (Even if you don't have a passport, this still impacts you. Passport chipping is a trial run for other documents. If we allow this to happen, drivers licenses will be next.) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
