First ever computerized passports to be issued on Sept 15

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EC wants biometrics on passports

EC wants biometrics on passports 02/18/2004 04:12 PM
And residence permits, and visas

U.S. passports to get ID chips

U.S. passports to get ID chips 05/15/2004 05:47 AM
Chicago Tribune May 15 2004 10:31AM GMT

EU wants biometric passports delayed

EU wants biometric passports delayed 04/01/2005 11:04 AM
The EU says only six countries are in a position to meet an October deadline, set by the U.S., for the introduction of biometric passports.

EU Needs More Time for Biometric
Passports (AP)

EU Needs More Time for Biometric
Passports (AP) 03/30/2005 02:02 PM
AP - The European Union on Wednesday told the U.S. Congress the bloc needed another year to implement new U.S. rules on secure biometric passports, which include a computer chip with data such as a digital photo of the passport holder.

Passports going high-tech

Passports going high-tech 04/28/2004 10:52 PM
Globe and Mail Apr 29 2004 3:28AM GMT

Why new US passports can be read without
permission

Why new US passports can be read without
permission 04/14/2005 12:47 PM
Cory Doctorow: Yesterday at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle, Ed Felten cornered a State Department Fed who was there to advocate for passports enabled with RFID chips that will make it possible to track Americans as they wander the streets of foreign cities, and for terrorists and crooks to target American citizens by detecting the signature radio-pulses their passports give off. Ed asked the Fed why the US needed remotely readable passports, instead of passports with smart-cards or other "contact-read" technologies in them? The Fed's responses are hilariously lame:

In the Q&A session, I asked Mr. Moss directly why the decision was made to use a remotely readable chip rather than one that can only be read by physical contact. Technically, this decision is nearly indefensible, unless one wants to be able to read passports without notifying their owners -- which, officially at least, is not a goal of the U.S. government's program. Mr. Moss gave a pretty weak answer, which amounted to an assertion that it would have been too difficult to agree on a standard for contact-based reading of passports. This wasn't very convincing, since the smart-card standard could be applied to passports nearly as-is -- the only change necessary would be to specify exactly where on the passport the smart-card contacts would be. The standardization and security problems associated with contactless cards seem to be much more serious.

After the panel, I discussed this issue with Kenn Cukier of The Economist, who has followed the development of this technology for a while and has a good perspective on how we reached the current state. It seems that the decision to use contactless technology was made without fully understanding its consequences, relying on technical assurances from people who had products to sell. Now that the problems with that decision have become obvious, it's late in the process and would be expensive and embarrassing to back out. In short, this looks like another flawed technology procurement program.

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E-passports to put new face on old
documents

E-passports to put new face on old
documents 08/18/2004 06:28 AM
Countries begin test programs--get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.

Passports to go high-tech

Passports to go high-tech 07/19/2004 01:06 PM
globetechnology.com Jul 19 2004 5:09PM GMT

Congress OKs Delay on Biometric
Passports

Congress OKs Delay on Biometric
Passports 07/23/2004 04:49 PM
AP via Daily Press Jul 23 2004 8:59PM GMT

AP: Terrorists Obtain S. Africa
Passports (AP)

AP: Terrorists Obtain S. Africa
Passports (AP) 07/27/2004 04:10 PM
AP - Al-Qaida militants and other terrorists traveling through Europe have obtained South African passports, and authorities believe they got them from crime syndicates operating inside the government agency that issues the documents.

System Can Detect Fraudulent Passports
(AP)

System Can Detect Fraudulent Passports
(AP) 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
AP - Australia, one of the United States' strongest allies, has added a new weapon to its arsenal — a toaster-sized document reader that tells in seconds whether a passport is a fraud and identifies travelers who might be included on terrorist watch lists.

System Can Detect Fraudulent Passports

System Can Detect Fraudulent Passports 04/10/2004 08:33 PM

Why RFID-chipped US passports are a bad
idea

Why RFID-chipped US passports are a bad
idea 03/28/2005 07:32 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Bill Scannell says:

In a misguided attempt to make US passports more secure, the US Department of State plans to put radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in all new passports.  This RFID chip will contain the same information currently on our passports, including the passport holder's name, date and place of birth, passport number and photograph.

From identity theft to identity death, an RFID-chipped US passport means good news for the bad guys.

I don't expect my country to actively protect me when I am abroad, but I do expect it to not put me actively in harm's way. I don't need a beacon that is an advertisement for my potential victimhood, "Look, over here, an American! Need cash? Credit cards? Want to make a splashy political statement for the news? Act now!"

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US extends biometric passports deadline

US extends biometric passports deadline 06/17/2004 11:38 AM
One year's grace

Nurses reject patient passports

Nurses reject patient passports 05/10/2004 11:52 AM
Nurses have overwhelmingly rejected Tory plans to allow NHS funds to be used to fund private healthcare.

Updated Schedule for U.S. Biometric
Passports

Updated Schedule for U.S. Biometric
Passports 05/15/2004 02:36 PM

US lubes passports with RFID snake oil

US lubes passports with RFID snake oil 05/20/2004 08:45 AM
Opinion Mark of the Beast

Privacy vs. Security: Biometric
E-Passports

Privacy vs. Security: Biometric
E-Passports 08/22/2004 08:18 AM

Smiling banned on passports (Reuters)

Smiling banned on passports (Reuters) 08/06/2004 07:42 AM
Reuters - The fight against terrorism has wiped the smile off the face of British passport holders.

Possible U.S.-EU fight looms over
biometric passports

Possible U.S.-EU fight looms over
biometric passports 04/04/2005 10:45 AM
The European Union is considering its options after learning the U.S. is unlikely to extend the October deadline requiring European travelers to have passports with biometric capabilities should they wish to enter the U.S. without a visa.

US, Belgian biometric passports give lie
to UK ID scheme

US, Belgian biometric passports give lie
to UK ID scheme 05/18/2004 12:02 PM
There goes the tech leadership...

EU Delays Launch of Passports for Pets
(Reuters)

EU Delays Launch of Passports for Pets
(Reuters) 06/09/2004 09:10 AM
Reuters - Owners will be able to take their cats, dogs and ferrets on holiday abroad this summer even if they do not have a pet passport as required under EU law, the European Commission said Wednesday.

Bush Seeking More Flexible Passports
Rule (AP)

Bush Seeking More Flexible Passports
Rule (AP) 04/14/2005 07:21 PM
AP - President Bush stepped back on Thursday from plans requiring passports from people to enter the United States, concerned the effort to tighten borders against terrorists would hamper legal travel from Canada, Mexico and other U.S. neighbors.

House Puts Digital Passports on Hold

House Puts Digital Passports on Hold 06/14/2004 07:31 PM
The House voted Monday to delay for one year the deadline for 27 countries to provide their citizens with tamperproof passports that can be read by machine.

High-tech passports coming; complaints
already in

High-tech passports coming; complaints
already in 04/03/2005 09:38 PM
USA Today Apr 4 2005 12:25AM GMT

UK to test biometric passports in
six-month trial

UK to test biometric passports in
six-month trial 12/05/2003 06:41 AM
Computer Weekly Dec 5 2003 6:11AM ET

UK to use passports to build national
fingeprint database

UK to use passports to build national
fingeprint database 04/12/2005 01:56 PM
ID card scheme, or parliament, not needed, apparently...

Plans in hand to issue passports over
Internet

Plans in hand to issue passports over
Internet 01/02/2004 09:55 PM
Irish Times Jan 2 2004 9:42PM ET

Computerized Discouragement

Computerized Discouragement 06/01/2004 02:43 AM
In a great followup to recent stories about autom ating the hiring process and autom ating the matchmaking process, this writer is wondering if such technologies can't be used to make personalization systems better match your personality and your mood. He points to a study that shows that, in a game where a computer gives users encouraging words ("You can do it!"), players do better than one where it gives discouraging words - and worries that companies are going to misinterpret the results to mean that we're always going to be getting annoyingly bland and sickly sweet "encouragement" from our computers ("You can complete this letter! Your computer believes in you!"). For many people, this sort of "encouragement" gets to be pretty damn annoying, pretty damn fast. So, instead of focusing on how to find a better job or a better date, it would be great if such personalization technology could be used to figure out that the last thing a person wants to hear after struggling through some frustrating operation on their computer is: "The problem will soon be happily over."

The Computerized Art Critic

The Computerized Art Critic 06/14/2004 03:33 AM
Well, it's now been established that computers can, in certain situations, beat the very best chess players in the world. Now, they're moving on to another arena previously held onto by an elite group of human experts: determining the authenticity of a piece of artwork. New computer systems are being developed (similar to computerized chess systems) that use their ability to comprehend thousands of different attributes among many different paintings to come up with information about what makes certain paintings more or less likely to be by a certain artist. Of course, it sounds like most people involved still don't want these systems to be coming out with a final vote - but, rather are focused on using them to suggest places for further exploration (such as pointing out a specific difference in features between a certain painting and others by the same artist). This may have something to do with an increasingly litigious art world, where lawsuits have been filed by painting owners who weren't happy to have someone suggest the painting they owned was not by the person they thought it was. Still, this raises the same question we asked a few weeks ago in a post about selling fraudulent artwork on eBay: shouldn't a painting be judged on its quality, rather than who created it?

Computerized Phones and What They Can Do
for You

Computerized Phones and What They Can Do
for You 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Just how smart are today's smartphones, which aim to replace multiple devices -- mobile phones and PDAs -- with a single gadget that handles phone calls, e-mail, browsing and personal information? Opinions differ, but the consensus seems to be that the technology is not quite perfected.

Canada plans to issue high-tech
passports

Canada plans to issue high-tech
passports 07/18/2004 09:41 PM
Xinhua News Agency Jul 19 2004 1:35AM GMT

Canada to begin issuing high-tech
passports

Canada to begin issuing high-tech
passports 07/18/2004 06:56 PM
CTV.ca Jul 18 2004 11:10PM GMT

Home Office prohibits happy biometric
passports

Home Office prohibits happy biometric
passports 08/06/2004 06:02 AM
Don't say cheese

U.S. State Dept. to test RFID-enabled
passports

U.S. State Dept. to test RFID-enabled
passports 05/28/2004 03:43 AM
There have been a lot of stories, both in the tech press and from general news sources, about the coming wave of biometric-enabled passports and national identity cards. We've devoted quite a few issues to these topics over the past few years, but implementations will now start to arrive - as early as this fall.

Indiana First With Computerized Grading

Indiana First With Computerized Grading 05/20/2004 01:15 PM

Computerized Cancer Treatment

Computerized Cancer Treatment 05/26/2004 04:35 AM
HealthScout May 26 2004 8:34AM GMT

New York's subway getting computerized

New York's subway getting computerized 04/11/2005 03:50 AM
Houston Chronicle Apr 11 2005 8:06AM GMT

NYC Subway Gets a Computerized Facelift

NYC Subway Gets a Computerized Facelift 04/10/2005 09:52 PM
ABCNEWS.com Apr 11 2005 1:56AM GMT
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