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RE: Are new passports [an] identity-theft risk?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Whyte, William)
Sat Oct 23 15:18:15 2004
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From: "Whyte, William" <WWhyte@ntru.com>
To: Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com>, cryptography@metzdowd.com
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:01:16 -0400
> R.A. Hettinga wrote:
> >
> <http://worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41030>
>
> > An engineer and RFID expert with Intel claims there is
> little danger of
> > unauthorized people reading the new passports. Roy Want
> told the newssite:
> > "It is actually quite hard to read RFID at a distance,"
> saying a person's
> > keys, bag and body interfere with the radio waves.
>
> Who was it that pointed out that radio waves don't
> interfere, rather, receivers can't discriminate?
Absolutely. I'd add that while it's *currently* hard to
read at a distance, passports typically have a lifetime
of 10 years and I'd be very surprised if the technology
wasn't significantly better five years out.
William
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