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2004-12-09 Home Front: WoT

Passports go electronic with new microchip

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Posted by CrazyFool 2004-12-09 9:52:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Digitized head shot. Interesting term.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-12-09 11:31:53 AM|| 2004-12-09 11:31:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 So what's going to happen to the old passports? I can't imagine starting over again from scratch with a new one devoid of stamps...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-09 11:50:04 AM|| 2004-12-09 11:50:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I remarked 20 years ago that smart cards are a solution in search of a problem. The main problem with them is authenticating their origin. If crooks can make fake credit cards (with smart chips) then they can make fake passports, and they can. I hope that smart cards are being used for an improved identity system and the security comes from databases that track their use.

Posted by phil_b 2004-12-09 1:13:29 PM|| 2004-12-09 1:13:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 BaR, when you get your new passport, ask for your old one back. The clerk will punch a hole through the old one, to show that its not to be used, and you can then store it with your favourite treasures ;-) Passports need to be replaced every 10 years anyway, and this article, at least, doesn't say that everyone will have to get new passports ahead of schedule. And anyway, if the new world standard is based on US requirements for foreigners travelling here, its only fair that citizens comply as well.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-09 2:41:24 PM|| 2004-12-09 2:41:24 PM|| Front Page Top

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