US Visa RFID Proposal Challenged
The American Civil Liberties Union charges that because the suggested chip for the new U.S. Passport design would be capable of holding as much information as the first personal computers it will be a significant threat to privacy. The new RFID chip would contain all of the information currently displayed on a passport, including a template for an automated facial recognition identification system that has yet to be proven. The information on the chip is not protected by encryption and is reported to be readable from up to 30 feet away.
Passport chips raise privacy concerns, CNN Online, January 6, 2005
