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New Travel Rules Amid Concerns over RFID-tagged Passport Cards
Card can be easily cloned, used for tracking purposes, critics say
By Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld
The State Department acknowledged similar concerns when it announced plans for electronic passports in 2005, said Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer at BT Group PLC. These concerns prompted the department to shield the chip in the cover of the passport, Schneier said.
"There are all sorts of weird attacks that are possible" on RFID-enabled credentials without similar protections, he said.
© 2009 Computerworld Inc.
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