Comments: RFID Passports: why contactless?

The current passports come with a bar code. A scanner reads the number (or it is entered manually if the scanner breaks); a query is sent to some random database so that a picture and such matches; everything works.

Is there a clear win for RFID here? Is it a gratuitious use of stupid technology?

Posted by Charles Merriam at April 13, 2005 9:53 PM
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