EU biometric RFID scheme unworkable, says EU tech report

mkpdavies · 23-12-2004, 09:49 PM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12..._trashes_self/

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Conceivably you could produce a compatible system for RFID-readable biometric passports, residence permits and ID, because European control of the standards here makes it at least theoretically possible to avoid collisions between chips. The ID cards/permits would only have one chip on them (provided the permit was a separate card and not in the passport), and the passport system's operation would only become doubtful if other countries started putting RFID biometric visas in them. But, um, seeing that's precisely what Europe intends to do to third country passports, it would seem obvious that other countries would want to start doing it too. This is where you really start to run INTO phpbb_problems. The report considers the possibility of several such visas in the same passport, and concludes that the proposed regulation is "technically not feasible."

Seriously, how long before they demand that each person has to have one of these rfid chips embedded in their body? Still if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear eh? :roll:

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