RE: FW: [Politech] U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in October 2006 [priv]

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

The 14443 RFID smartcard technology that U.S. passports will be using has
been around for about 10 years.  The same technology is also going to be
used in the next generation of credit cards.  Something like 200 million
14443 ID cards have already been sold.  I'm not aware of any successful
attacks against the cards, but I don't know how hard people have tried.  If
someone wants a fake passport, it probably will be cheaper and easier to
slip someone in the  passport office a $1,000.  

Richard 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Rosowski [mailto:rosowskij () ie ymp gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:55 PM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] FW: [Politech] U.S. passports to receive RFID implants
starting in October 2006 [priv]

>
http://news.com.com/Passports+to+get+RFID+chip+implants/2100-7348_3-5913644.
> html?tag=nefd.top
>
> Passports to get RFID chip implants
> October 25, 2005, 12:12 PM PDT

"In regulations published Tuesday, the State Department claims it has
addressed privacy concerns. The chipped passports "will not permit
'tracking' of individuals," the department said. "It will only permit
governmental authorities to know that an individual has arrived at a port of
entry--which governmental authorities already know from presentation of
non-electronic passports--with greater assurance that the person who
presents the passport is the legitimate holder of the passport."


Right because determined people couldn't possible create their own rfid tag
with the information required.  I give hackers a week before whatever method
of storing this data has been cracked and replicated.
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