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EU wants biometric passports delayed

EU wants biometric passports delayedIncipience of Big Brother coming from across the oceanWulp, here's the start folks. Soon these chips are going to find their way into every item. One day soon the feds and Wallymart will know where you were standing on the street when you last farted.http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/010405littlebrother.htmWho cares...

Tags: RFID, Osama bin Laden, biometric passport, passport

Discussion threads 2005-04-01

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The future of... Passport control

The future of... Passport control... there are more advanced passport control machines todayThe automated passport control system describes in this article has around for a while and relies on: pre-registration; payment of a fee; and probably having your iris or your fingerprint scanned. Since 2007, a new type of...

Tags: passport

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Wallet Safeguard 1.0 (Windows)

Wallet SafeGuard was designed to allow a user quick, secure access, to their most important information contained in their personal wallet--all through an easy to use Bio-Metric flash drive. Quick data entry and rapid retrieval of data including Passport, Drivers License, Medical Information, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and other important...

Tags: Wallet, Microsoft Windows, USB Flash Drive, Flash Memory, Financial Services

Software downloads 2008-12-02

The Advantages of FRAM-Based Smart ICs for Next Generation Government Electronic IDs

Electronic versions of passports and other government-issued identification documents use an Integrated Circuit IC or chip to establish a digital link between the holder and personal biometric information, such as a digitized photo, fingerprint or iris image. Designed to enhance border, physical and IT security, electronic chips ensure that the...

Tags: Integrated Circuit, E-passport, Passport, Government, Semiconductors, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-27

What privacy is worth

What privacy is worthPrivacy or AnonymityOr perhaps those travellers understand the difference between privacy and anonimity. I think we all desire privacy to one level or another. However, in today's world, few would expect to be able to travel by plane anonymously. The difference betwen biometric and...

Tags: privacy

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

States' rebellion against Real ID grows

States' rebellion against Real ID growsFederal IDI thought we already carry a federal identification if we have a United States passport. Why is that not a valid substitute?National ID Card ImpositionAlthough the UK government, as part of the Bush/Blair hysterical love affair, is hell-bent on the compulsory introduction of biometric...

Tags: SECURITY, REAL ID

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

UK ditches plan for mega ID database

The British government is having second thoughts - serious second thoughts about plans to create a national database that would hold personal information and biometric data for British citizens, Silicon.com reports. The National Identity Register NIR was to be the giant database at the heart of...

Tags: International, Security, Privacy, National Identity Register, biometric data, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-20

Biometric IDs may be wave of future

Biometric IDs may be wave of futureSo many people 10 years ago laughed at this idea......Saying it would never happen.Well, IT'S HAPPENING. It's just a matter of time and getting the "costs" down.Your ID Card Please.......Guess what will happen when your ID has been revoked for whatever reason.....Welcome to the...

Tags: ID card, Biometric ID

Discussion threads 2006-08-30

Too late for federated identity?

Too late for federated identity?The right time for Liberty"[...] what about the Liberty Alliance? They are still around. Sun was one of the original sponsors. Have you used that lately? I haven't."Ask the average person in the street if they've used TCP/IP lately. Or GSM. Or CDMA.The thing with...

Tags: identity federation, federation, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-08-29

On not learning from history

[I wrote this piece before the passport ID fiasco came to light. I think its points are still valid.] One use of implantable RFID chips is as replacements for biometric and other identification. Implant a chip in your hand and -- voila! -- a single flamboyant gesture grants access to...

Tags: chip, RFID

Blog posts 2006-08-12

Brits vote to require passport applicants to get national IDs

Think civil liberties are under fire in America? Take a trip to the UK, where Parliament just voted to make registration for national biometric ID cards required when applying for passports. MPs voted, by a majority of...

Tags: Parliament

Blog posts 2006-02-14

Dumb idea?: Biometric hall pass for travelers

Dumb idea?: Biometric hall pass for travelersAirport Check in LinesIt has always seemed to me that the huge checkin mazes at major airports would be a prime target. The airlines and TSA should figure out a way to spread people out instead of mashing everyone into a confined...

Tags: security lane, security

Discussion threads 2006-02-01

Second test for e-passports

This week starts Homeland Security's second test of e-passports, this time at San Francisco, Singapore and Sydney airports, News.com reports. "This test provides an important opportunity to work with our international...

Tags: e-passport

Blog posts 2006-01-16

E-passport test takes flight

E-passport test takes flightFortress AmerikaClosing the borders like a good Big Brother. The fact that the federal government has been caught blatantly lying about just about everything having to do with terrorism and pretty much everything else should be enough for everyone not to trust them at all anymore. The...

Tags: Federal government, e-passport, McAlhany, phone, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-01-13

Bad guy detectors and ID

Bad guy detectors and IDWhat would be the point?If it's just ID - not database backend - what's the point?ID cards should be about identity, nothing more!All the "biometric" part of a card should do is to verify that the person carrying the card is the person named on the...

Tags: National ID card, card, Bad Guy, database

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

Bad guy detectors and ID

Do you know who Deborah Davis is? Think a possible Rosa Parks for the Patriot Act era - here's the 411 from a supporter web site: One morning in late September 2005, Deb was riding the public bus to work. She was minding her own business, reading...

Tags: cop

Blog posts 2005-12-12

Foolproof iris recognition technology?

For almost twenty years, the iris recognition research field has been hampered because of a broad patent covering it. As this patent recently expired, many teams around the world are again working on new technologies in this field. Iris recognition is in fact seen as the most accurate biometric recognition...

Tags: iris recognition, database

Blog posts 2005-11-26

U.K. to issue biometric passports worldwide

U.K. to issue biometric passports worldwide1. Politicians-inventors of Biometrics do not know physics.Therefore they have no clue how criminals will cheat the system.2. Politicians-inventors forgot that the passport issuance systems are just an [b]easy-to-hack MS-based computers[/b].3. Even if they will keep it on Linux – [b]the World is too corrupted[/b]...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, SECURITY, Politicians-inventors, biometrics, passport

Discussion threads 2005-07-25

U.S. easing off on European e-passports

U.S. easing off on European e-passportsThis was a fight the US couldn't winAt least the Bush administration decided to concede gracefully.Slowly, surely, the US is giving up sovereigntySince when does other countries dictate how we protect, defend, monitor our borders here in the US? 30 million illegals a year...

Tags: passport

Discussion threads 2005-06-09

Get used to biometrics, travelers told

Get used to biometrics, travelers toldBiometrics and travelJust don't put RFID's in the passports and use 2-3 part authntication.I don't understand . . .I don't understand why biometrics is such a big deal--contact lenses can alter retina scans, surgery can alter fingerprints (fingerprints can also be faked using transparent...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Scanners, fingerprint scanner, camel, biometrics, car door, security, fingerprint

Discussion threads 2005-05-27