Comments on: I’ll keep my paper passport, thanks http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2009/02/03/ill-keep-my-paper-passport-thanks.html spots of thoughts: ian glazer and friends rant, rave and ruminate Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2009/02/03/ill-keep-my-paper-passport-thanks.html/comment-page-1#comment-14997 Ian Glazer Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:25:06 +0000 http://www.tuesdaynight.org/?p=513#comment-14997 I'd be interested to know how many Passport Cards are out there. I didn't think they were that widespread, but I don't have a lot of hard data on that. I’d be interested to know how many Passport Cards are out there. I didn’t think they were that widespread, but I don’t have a lot of hard data on that.

]]> By: Martin Herbener http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2009/02/03/ill-keep-my-paper-passport-thanks.html/comment-page-1#comment-14996 Martin Herbener Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:14:56 +0000 http://www.tuesdaynight.org/?p=513#comment-14996 Sounds like Paget is cloning Passport Cards (http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.html), not the Electronic Passport. I'm not saying the Electronic Passport is any better, though Paget does: "Paget says the RFID chip technology found in traditional passport books, however, is better because it has encryption and authentication features. He suggests the federal government replace the e-passport RFID chips with the RFID chips used in the passport books. " Sounds like Paget is cloning Passport Cards (http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.html), not the Electronic Passport. I’m not saying the Electronic Passport is any better, though Paget does:

“Paget says the RFID chip technology found in traditional passport books, however, is better because it has encryption and authentication features. He suggests the federal government replace the e-passport RFID chips with the RFID chips used in the passport books. “

]]> By: Ian Glazer http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2009/02/03/ill-keep-my-paper-passport-thanks.html/comment-page-1#comment-14995 Ian Glazer Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:53:17 +0000 http://www.tuesdaynight.org/?p=513#comment-14995 Keep in mind when you renew you get an e-Passport. Keep in mind when you renew you get an e-Passport.

]]> By: mark macauley http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2009/02/03/ill-keep-my-paper-passport-thanks.html/comment-page-1#comment-14994 mark macauley Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:29:01 +0000 http://www.tuesdaynight.org/?p=513#comment-14994 This reminds me when I worked for a cell phone company in Mass and we used to have an ESN reader that we would need to grab from time to time to change phones, phone service, etc. One day I was out with one of my techs reprogramming 50 phones on an account I just won, and driving down 128 I must have grabbed 20 phone numbers. I could have cloned any phone and the number would be mine and the phone charges someone else's problem. I wonder if the technology in the RFID stuff is similar where by it can/does transmit stuff all the time and you just need to grab it out of the air. I too will keep my paper Passport when I renew it this year... This reminds me when I worked for a cell phone company in Mass and we used to have an ESN reader that we would need to grab from time to time to change phones, phone service, etc. One day I was out with one of my techs reprogramming 50 phones on an account I just won, and driving down 128 I must have grabbed 20 phone numbers. I could have cloned any phone and the number would be mine and the phone charges someone else’s problem.

I wonder if the technology in the RFID stuff is similar where by it can/does transmit stuff all the time and you just need to grab it out of the air.

I too will keep my paper Passport when I renew it this year…

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