Interesting point

Posted in uncategorized on February 24th, 2012 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

John Smith. Says:
February 24th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
So how many years did it take for you to catch on???
Bubblehead Les Says:
February 24th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
“Papers please, Herr Schmidt.”
Sigivald Says:
February 24th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Making counterfeits harder.

The RFID being gone doesn’t “present a problem” that would prevent you from traveling.

But their presence makes Customs able to tell much more easily that the passport isn’t a counterfeit; the RFID chip in them isn’t just blindly transmitting your information in plaintext; it’s encrypted and there’s a per-session key exchange roughly equivalent in basic design to WPA wireless encryption, and the chips also have a hardware RNG to prevent guessing the next key. (See here for more details.)

In other words, it’s an authentication mechanism, no more, no less. (Which means its purpose is to raise the opportunity cost of passport counterfeiting.)

(“Papers please?” Driver’s license. Next.

Welcome to 1978, for needing ID to cross the border.)
blounttruth Says:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
“The RFID being gone doesn’t “present a problem” that would prevent you from traveling.”
huh?

http://myfox8.com/2012/02/22/denver-family-stranded-after-passport-denied-because-of-crease/

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