The United States is currently developing new biometric passports that contain Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips that can be read remotely These documents could leave Americans open to identify theft, to terrorists interested in singling out Americans traveling overseas, or to the emergence of routine tracking by the government or private sector.
White Paper: How the U.S. Ignored International Concerns and Pushed for Radio Chips in Passports Without Security
PRESS RELEASES
- ACLU Seeks Information On Government Tests of Controversial Passport Computer Chips (April 26, 2005)
- Documents Show U.S. Ignored Security and Privacy Warnings On Passports (Nov. 24, 2004)
DOCUMENTS
- ACLU FOIA request to State Dept. on RFID Chips in Passports
- ACLU FOIA request to NIST on RFID Chips in Passports
- ACLU comments to State Dept. on Electronic Passports with Radio Chips
State Department Documents on Passport Standards
- Technical Report on Biometrics Deployment of Machine Readable Travel Documents (05/19/03)
- Outline on Intelligent Passport Project Initiatives (undated)
- Agendas for July 2003 ICAO Meeting (07/03)
- GemPlus Slide Show on ICAO Specification (07/22/03)
- Slide Show on "A UK Payment Industry perspective" (undated)
- e-Passports Task Force Outline (08/21/03)
- State Department Policy Memo on ICAO Passports Standard (08/28/03)
- Trip Report on September 2003 ICAO Meeting
- State Department Report on IC Embeded Passports (10/20/03)
- Memo on Glascow ICAO meeting (11/19/03)
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