2007/03/24

My Way News - Wash. State to Test 'Enhanced' Licenses
AP reports: "High-security driver's licenses aimed at letting U.S. citizens return from Canada without a passport could be adopted elsewhere if Washington state's experiment works, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. [...] Radio frequency ID chips and other advanced security features also would make the enhanced licenses less vulnerable to forgery."

2007/03/21

My Way News - EU to Write Rules on Data Tag Privacy
AP reports: "Privacy and security need to be built into radio frequency identification tags before they become widespread, the European Commission said, announcing it would publish guidelines later this year."
My Way News - Belgium Launches Mobile Payment Service
AP reports: "People can now make payments from anywhere - even if the check is lost in the mail - under a secure payment software, called m-banxafe, developed by payment card operator Banksys and the country's three mobile phone operators, Base, Mobistar and Proximus."

2007/03/17

My Way News - Degree Offered in Biometric Security
AP reports: "Biometric security - which identifies people based on unique personal characteristics - has become more common since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Government agencies and private businesses are investing in biometric devices that grant or block access after scanning fingerprints, eyes, facial features or vocal patterns."