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Why not make it standard?

Why not make it standard?

Posted Nov 26, 2005 2:24 UTC (Sat) by shane (subscriber, #3335)
In reply to: Why not make it standard? by bojan
Parent article: Richard Stallman's Tin-Foil Hat (Bruce Perens' Journal)

This is basically what has been decided regarding using RFID in US passports. Bruce Schneier (of Crypto-gram fame) has written about this extensively (and, IIRC, was on the committee that advised the government about the security of putting RFID in passports).


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