Snoopers Skim Data Off Embedded Chips in Drivers Licenses and Passports
War drivers have moved, from looking for open wireless systems to obtain free Internet access, to skimming data off IDs that use unencrypted embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. Government agencies are using RFID chips to remotely and silently check the identity of persons carrying these special ID documents. As RFID enabled government issued IDs become more prevalent government, commercial, and criminal applications for the technology will develop.
Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears, Associated Press, July 11, 2009
