www.GovExec.com - Homeland Security agency deploys ID tags in visitor forms (8/9/05)
Under the Homeland Security Department's US VISIT program, the electronic transmitters, known as RFID tags, have been placed in the standard visitor form known as the I-94 arrival/departure record. Testing began on the devices at five land border ports Thursday and will continue until next summer.
Fantastic. So now people with an I-94 in their passport (like me) are guinea pigs for passports with RFID tags.
As I've mentioned before, I'm notso hotso with the whole idea, but Bruce Schneier has seen some developments—such as radio shielding, encryption, and key-based access—that would limit potential eavesdropping and enhance passport holder privacy. Unfortunately, there's no hint of that here.
