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more on on RFIDs in passports
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:26:38 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <shap () eros-os org> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:07:48 -0400 To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] more on on RFIDs in passports [For IP] On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 09:04 -0400, David Farber wrote:
The proposed regulation itself provides as follows: Sec. 51.6 --Damaged, mutilated or altered passport: Any passport which has been materially changed in physical appearance or composition, or contains a damaged, defective or otherwise nonfunctioning electronic chip, or which includes unauthorized changes, obliterations, entries or photographs, ... may be invalidated.
Setting aside any of the other concerns with RFID, this presents a purely pragmatic problem. When my passport gets sufficiently dog-eared, I can plainly see that it is time to replace it. There is no obvious way to know that the RFID chip in my passport is busted without an RFID reader. So: how does you average bear determine whether their passport is valid before heading off to the airport? shap ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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