Experts Debate Utility, Safety of E-Passports

Posted by Andrew Brandt in PCWorld.


When privacy and security advocates met a government representative responsible for U.S. passports at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference last week in Seattle, the mood was contentious. (If you want to hear for yourself, I've included audio clips from three panelists lower down in this blog.)

(New passports would contain flexible computer chips, which can be read at a distance, in an update planned by the government agencies responsible for passports. In addition, foreign visitors to the United States may be required to apply for a visa if their passport doesn't contain a digital photo and other data.)

What follows are summaries and mp3 audio recordings of the presentations given by some of the panelists.

Full article in PCWORLD