Posted on October 5, 2005 by Ronald London

Not So Fast, DHS

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Posted by Merrill Baumann

The Department of Homeland Security is continuing its test program whereby RFID tags will be embedded in the I-94 and I-94W Forms issued to foreign visitors to the US. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has issued further comments urging DHS to abandon or delay this project until privacy concerns are adequately addressed. EPIC claims that the RFID tags can be read by countless others, thereby providing persons outside of customs and passport control with unauthorized access to personal information and tracking capabilities. EPIC urges that, at a minimum, DHS look into adoption of "Basic Access Controls" embraced by the International Civil Aviation Organization, which would enable RFID chips to require chip readers to authenticate themselves before any data would be transmitted.

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