Homeland Security ID Card Filled with Security, Privacy Risks

Text Source EPIC website

The State Department recently published a proposed rule in the Federal Register for the creation of the People Access Security Service (PASS) card, which would be used for "international travel by U.S. citizens through land or sea ports of entry between the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda." If adopted as proposed, the PASS Card would include a long-range wireless technology that would create an increased security risk. This is a significant change from the previous system, where U.S. citizens would show a driver's license, birth certificate or nothing at all to cross the border.


State Department's Federal Register PASS Card Proposal:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/surveillance/spotlight/0806/pass_fr.html

EPIC's Spotlight on Surveillance: "Homeland Security PASS Card: Leave Home Without It":
http://www.epic.org/privacy/surveillance/spotlight/0806