E-passports will become reality this fall
House considers active tags for Congressmen and staff
This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations.
WASHINGTON D.C.—The State Department is moving ahead with plans to add RFID chips to American passports.
As the sophistication of intrepid forgers grows, especially in today’s heightened homeland security atmosphere, the RFID-enabled passport program “will ensure that the person carrying the passport is the person to whom the passport was issued,” said Frank Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services. It will prevent the forging of passports or the insertion of a new photograph in a genuine passport, he added.
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