Do You Dare Travel - RFID UP & Running
A first wave of U.S. passports implanted with radio tags will soon begin making their way into the hands of American travelers despite lingering privacy and security concerns, federal officials said Monday.
Not long after researchers at a pair of security conferences in Las Vegas demonstrated potential risks associated with the new documents, the U.S. State Department insisted the documents are tamperproof and said it had begun producing them at the Colorado Passport Agency, which serves applicants from that state and the Rocky Mountain region.
The agency said it plans to issue the documents through the nation's other passport facilities within the next few months, as part of its original plan to make all future passports electronic by October. It was unclear how many e-passports would be mailed out this year, although a State Department representative said Monday that the agency expects to distribute a total of 13 million passports by year's end.
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Not long after researchers at a pair of security conferences in Las Vegas demonstrated potential risks associated with the new documents, the U.S. State Department insisted the documents are tamperproof and said it had begun producing them at the Colorado Passport Agency, which serves applicants from that state and the Rocky Mountain region.
The agency said it plans to issue the documents through the nation's other passport facilities within the next few months, as part of its original plan to make all future passports electronic by October. It was unclear how many e-passports would be mailed out this year, although a State Department representative said Monday that the agency expects to distribute a total of 13 million passports by year's end.
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http://news.com.com/RFID+passports+arrive+for+Americans/2100-1028_3-6105534.html
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