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InternetNews
January 14, 2005
Roy Mark |
EPassport Awards More RFID Contracts The U.S. Government Printing Office has awarded four more contracts for sample RFID computer chips to be used in the 2006 launch of electronic passports.   |
InternetNews
October 26, 2005
Tim Gray |
E-Passports Will be a Reality in 2006 Americans holding U.S. passports issued after October 2006 will carry embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips inside the documents, according to the U.S. State Department. |
InternetNews
December 3, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
EPassports Could Have Blocking Mechanism Late last week, the ACLU accused the U.S. government of rushing the rollout of insecure, RFID-enabled passports in hopes of creating a de facto global identification standard that could be used for surveillance. |
PC World
February 2005
Andrew Brandt |
Biometric Passports Fail Early Privacy Tests The federal Department of Homeland Security spent the past six months testing biometric passport prototypes and wants to roll out the new technology as soon as possible. |
InternetNews
October 26, 2006
Roy Mark |
Most Countries Meet E-Passport Deadline Only three Visa Waiver Program countries failed to meet today's deadline for issuing electronic passports. |
CIO
July 1, 2005
Thomas Wailgum |
Is Big Brother Coming to Your Wallet? Despite privacy worries, the march is on toward putting RFIDs in individuals' wallets, whether or not they want them. Whenever companies decide to deploy RFIDs containing personal data, CIOs will have to figure out what's going to be done with the data. |
InternetNews
August 21, 2006
Roy Mark |
Infineon Wins E-Passport Order German chipmaker Infineon is the winning bidder to supply security chips for the new U.S. e-passports, which the Department of State began issuing earlier this month. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
ACLU Issues Warning on RFID Passports The American Civil Liberties Union claims the U.S. government is rushing the rollout of insecure, RFID-enabled passports in hopes of creating a de facto global identification standard. |
InternetNews
October 23, 2006
Roy Mark |
U.S. E-Passports Hitting Market Four years in the making, RFID-embedded passports meeting milestones. |
InternetNews
January 13, 2006
Roy Mark |
Biometric Passports Face Second Test E-passports now contain security features aimed at preventing 'skimming' of data embedded on chips. |
InternetNews
October 25, 2006
Roy Mark |
Security is in the Vicinity The feds have a deal for you: a new passport card that some security experts are already criticizing. |
InternetNews
July 27, 2004
Roy Mark |
Biometric Passport Program Hits Snag Lack of chips and interoperability standards force one-year extension of biometric passport compliance. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Stephen Cass |
Better Safe Than Sorry This wallet is going to keep high-tech thieves at bay. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Privacilla: RFID For Goods, Not People A conservative think tank came out against the U.S. proposal to place radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in all citizens' passports. |
PC Magazine
September 7, 2004
Karen Jones |
New Frontiers for RFID Tags Depending on how closely you guard your privacy, RFID is either a benevolent new technology or Big Brother waiting to pounce. |
National Defense
January 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Renewed Push to Collect Exit Data at Airports, Land Crossings The United States has never required foreigners to present their travel documents before leaving so authorities can't be certain who is or isn't overstaying a visa, a flaw that Congress has mandated that the executive branch remedy. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Feds to Feed RFID to Travelers On Monday, German chipmaker Infineon reported that its chips featuring RFID technology would be used in several million U.S. passports. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
June 22, 2005
Roy Mark |
E-Passport Progress Still Stymied? Lawmakers lashed out today at Bush administration officials for their latest delay in implementing biometric passports. |
PC World
March 23, 2007
Erik Larkin |
New Credit Cards Leak Personal Info Some cards equipped with RFID chips send out names and account numbers. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2006
Roy Mark |
U.S. Completes E-Passport Testing DHS claims data on biometric passports will be secure... GAO reports feds still not sharing electronically stored terrorism-related info... USTR leaders trade for jobs... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Erico Guizzo |
Loser: Britain's Identity Crisis Proposed biometric ID cards won't prevent fraud or terrorism |
Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2002
Brendan I. Koerner |
Up Close and Personal High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens -- but may be useless in fighting terrorists... |
Salon.com
October 2, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Wanted: Your name and number The hijackers in the terrorist attacks were masters of identity theft. Now lawmakers are worried about copycat persona stealing... |
PC World
October 2002
Anne Kandra |
Don't Let Them Steal Your Good Name Identity theft is skyrocketing -- and it's even being used to fund terrorism. The Web can be a real boon for identity thieves, helping them find information about victims and profit from the crime. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Joel Johnson |
RFID Credit Cards and Theft: Tech Clinic Bad news: Scammers can scan your new RFID-enhanced credit card from more than 2 ft. away. But is it any more vulnerable than a conventional credit card? |
Fast Company
April 2013
Skylar Bergl |
Visa And MasterCard Add Encryption For RFID Fears As RFID chips rolled out in credit cards, steel wallet sales rose -- a response to fears of data theft. |
InternetNews
February 18, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
RFID is Inevitable But Dicey Burton Group says security and privacy concerns remain despite RFID momentum. |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Penalties Upped for ID Theft Identity theft penalty enhancement act makes ID crimes more costly. |
PC Magazine
January 10, 2007
Seth Porges |
RFID Tags: Everywhere at Once RFID tags are showing up in everything from running shoes to passports. But are they making you safer or turning you into a target? |
InternetNews
June 15, 2004
Roy Mark |
Biometric Passports: Not Ready for Prime Time Department of Homeland Security and State Department seek two-year extension of deadline for machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Alison Bass |
Identity Crisis If identity theft isn't already on your radar screen, this headline will put it there: 13,000 Credit Reports Stolen by Hackers. To avoid a similar disaster on their turf, CIOs should insist their company's customer data be kept in separate databases protected by a number of different security measures. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Pakistan Faces Security Challenge with Viisage When it comes to fighting fraud and terrorism, you can never have enough technology. That's the message from Pakistan, which has tapped Viisage Technologies as part of an upgrade of its smart passport and national ID program. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2005
Michael Singer |
'Real ID' Under Fire States and privacy groups mull a legal fight against a bill requiring national IDs citing the high cost and risk of identity theft. |
PC Magazine
August 22, 2008
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Thwarting Identity Theft Identity theft has been a federal offense since 1998. But are we getting any better at dealing with it? Actually, we are. Here are several tips to prevent financial loss from identity theft. |
InternetNews
December 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
Ridge: Terrorist Threats Spur Tech Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Ridge said today ongoing terrorist threats would continue to drive science and technology innovation in the United States and in the process make a better and stronger country. |
InternetNews
May 31, 2006
Roy Mark |
RFID as Big Brother? Please. A prominent Washington IT trade group is taking exception to a new government draft report raising privacy concerns over the use of RFID for human tracking. |
U.S. Banker
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Biometrics Takes Hold Overseas, But Not in U.S. U.S. banks, tied to legacy systems, are reluctant to start over with what many consider untested technology. Then there's the real bugaboo: privacy. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2004 |
Types of Identity Theft Learn what to look out for, and protect yourself! |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2007
Foster & Jaeger |
RFID Inside Maybe the ultimate solution, to allow accurate identification of individuals without some of the ethical issues raised by implanted radio chips, might require a different technology completely -- biometric scanners. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 19, 2008
Cory Levine |
Stopping ID Theft With Biometrics Accenture recommends the use of biometric solutions -- specifically, fingerprint readers -- to prevent identity theft. |
Reason
March 2009
Brian Doherty |
Follow Up: ID and Surveillance The techniques and practices for a universally tracked and databased America using RFID technology are out there and could be just five years away. |
InternetNews
July 17, 2006
David Needle |
HP's Tiny Chip Could Have Huge Impact HP's Labs unveiled a tiny, wireless chip today that could make audio and visual information as well as basic text information far more broadly accessible. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 30, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Who Was That Masked Man? MSU professor talks about the problem of fighting ID theft and the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act. |
InternetNews
April 23, 2007
Roy Mark |
A New Fight Against ID Theft Improved cyber security, increased law enforcement and public education top the recommendations of President Bush's Identity Theft Task Force plan issued today. |
AskMen.com
March 12, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Avoid Identity Theft Criminals steal identities to commit all kinds of fraud and hide the misdeeds they commit. In 2001, there were more than 86,000 victims of this crime in the United States; that figure almost doubled to 162,000 in 2002. Read on to learn how to avoid being the next victim. |
CRM
September 1, 2006
Petouhoff & Johnson |
How Much Is Your Customers' Trust Worth? With the profitability of data theft, there does not seem to be an end to the crime unless customer data protection becomes job number one. And while no company expects to have a data breach, the cost of preventing one may well be worth the price. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Hassled to the Maxx The identity theft saga involving T.J. Maxx continues: Consumers need to be on the lookout for evidence that their identity, credit card, or debit card information has slipped into the wrong hands. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005 |
Big Brother Britain? The Blair Administration's proposal for biometric ID cards looked like a goner - until the July 7 attacks in London. But critics still worry about their intrusiveness. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Jain & Pankanti |
A Touch of Money Biometric authentication systems for credit cards could put identity thieves out of business. Here's how it would work. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Mark Anderson |
Quirks of RFID Memory Make for Cheap Security Scheme On-board SRAM produces unique chip fingerprint and random numbers needed for encryption |
