2005/04/30

RFID Passport Security Increased
Wired News (Feds Rethinking RFID Passport) reports that in the wake of privacy concerns about the government's new RFID passports, the State Department is reconsidering a plan it previously rejected. The plan would offer privacy protection, including encryption.

2005/04/13

Homeland Hopefuls
Wired News (Ridge Says RFID Boosts Security) reports: The former head of the Department of Homeland Security says RFID will help make the United States safer, but critics aren't so sure. I don't really think that RFID is the mark, but it could become part of the mark in some way. It certainly deserves attention, but we should also watch other emerging technologies, like digital watermarks.