Basically there are three parts of the system…. RFID technology has been commercially available in one form or another since the s, but has advanced since then and is now part of our daily lives. Vicinity RFID-enabled items can be accurately read by readers from up to 20 to 30 feet away apparently some even up to 60 — 70 feet. Proximity RFID-enabled items must be scanned in close proximity to a reader and can only be read from a few inches away.
Much of this is apparently currently optional with regards to an EDL, probably at least until there is wider acceptance or ignorance. Step 1. It is only in the enhanced license and ID, which are entirely optional. Customers are not required to purchase an enhanced license or ID if they prefer the standard version. This is apparently just the beginning of utilizing this technology for tracking you….
Several retailers, including Walmart, J. A simple Long Wire antenna will make a huge difference to improve portable shortwave radio reception! Sometimes while listening to AM in particular there may be interference. How to find the source? Add your own stories in the comments! While this is quite annoying I for example cannot get passports without this anymore , there are quite some easy measures against it: For cards, passports etc.
They are not very expensive and very effective, I had the chance to see a test demonstration of them. This avoids reading out the chips without you knowing and your consent. Angainst smart IDs in clothes you can try to locate them and then severe the antenna from the chip.
Or put the thing for 10 sec into the microwave if possible, this kills the chip. Regarding car tags: Its as easy to do mass scans of the licence plates, so there is no real way around this. Do you develop on GitHub?
You can keep using GitHub but automatically sync your GitHub releases to SourceForge quickly and easily with this tool and take advantage of SourceForge's massive reach. Follow Slashdot on LinkedIn. They can be used instead of a passport for entry into the US by land or sea not air from Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Authorities say no personal information will be stored or transmitted by the chip, only an ID number that will be meaningless to anyone but DHS. This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted. Full Abbreviated Hidden. More Login. Score: 5 , Interesting. Reminds me of how several years ago blackberries used to be "optional" for associates at my law firm, and there was even a waitlist. That is until partners realized just how effective they were at keeping tabs on exactly where we were and what we were doing at all hours. Now they come standard issue with your welcome packet.
Expect the same for new drivers pretty soon. Share twitter facebook. You'd be Wrong Score: 5 , Interesting. Parent Share twitter facebook. Re: Score: 3 , Informative. Re:You'd be Wrong Score: 4 , Funny. Re: Score: 3 , Interesting. Re:You'd be Wrong Score: 5 , Insightful. And why does it have to be contactless for ANY of the proposed applications? I hate to undo moderation, but the obviousness of this seems necessary to comment on. We're moving toward a police state and the infrastructure needs to be in place to facilitate it.
Magstripes need to be passed through a reader and you can only scan people one at a time. If everyone has an RFID chip, you can scan a whole area at a time. Think holding pens and you're getting close. Think crowds at stadiums or other public venues. It's already illegal at least in California to not carry a drivers license with you. I imagine within ten years the police will have scanners on their cars so that during traffic stops they can more easily determine the occupants of a vehicle that they pull over.
Re: Score: 2. Well, obviously the border crossings have a scanner, otherwise what would the point be? Re: Score: 3 , Funny.
Re: Score: 3 , Insightful. I agree - these upgrades are frustrating. At my law firm, it used to be that you could get away with a post Lear and a couple of 40" screens, with a personal assistant of any gender.
Nowadays it seems like you have to have the latest and greatest of everything - my Lear has been traded up to some fancy european jet copter with bulletproof windows and a bathtub; my 40" screens were donated to the bank down the street in favor of specially-constructed contact lenses, and my personal assistant is an asian.
Score: 4 , Interesting. What are the legalities of defacing the ID by removing the chip? You get to pick from lifelong vacation on Guantanamo and having the chip implanted early adopter, you then have to tell people you did that volutarily. They also take all your amero money and prevent you from leaving the North American Union.
I assume since you dare to ask such questions on internet, you already are on the no-fly list, so they just add you to the no-boat and no-train lists. On the contrary, if you choose the implant, you get a free foreclosed home left by someone who had chosen the Guant.
Not by air? Score: 4 , Insightful. What a waste then. Reading comprehension failure on TF title. Please mod my post into oblivion Re:Not by air? Score: 5 , Informative. My point is that we do it out of tradition and convenience, but not because it's any kind of a well thought out system. That, and the fact that every time some sort of national ID card comes up people start screaming about infringing on rights, etc.
That's hilarious Score: 3 , Funny. Score: 5 , Funny. Are you stupid? Score: 3 , Informative. Well, they wanted to use fishing licenses, but those are mandatory and not everyone likes to fish. Score: 3 , Interesting. I live in Upstate New York and cross by land into Canada at least times annually.
I would much prefer to not have to worry about my passport for those crossings, and this fits that need for me. Residents, not citizens Score: 2. I believe that you are incorrect. Re:Residents, not citizens Score: 4 , Funny. Re: Score: 3. I think you need to look up the meeting of the word "state.
Score: 5 , Insightful. Have you checked the magstrip on the back yet? Never underestimate the threat of DHS stupidity. By having people remove their shoes while going through airport scanners, they are already contributing to the uninhibited spread of foot fungus spores. Time to get tin-foil hats for our wallets. Like hell Score: 2. You are already being tracked Score: 5 , Interesting. Worrying about the tracking boogeyman is ridiculous.
There's lots of worthy things to contribute your personal energy to. This isn't one of them. It's all in the sensitivity of the receiver. RFIDs can be read at distances of hundreds of yards with a good receiver. How is this "meaningless" identifier any different? Of course. Like most UIDs it is meaningless. On its own. I want to know what is in the database and associated with that meaningless number. Since it's a unique UID Score: 2. One more type of scan, and your "meaningless" ID becomes as good as a filled-out-then-thrown-away credit card application to an identity thief.
I used to wonder about the IP address thing Score: 2. Just wait until they get one of these databases going for RFID tags Which makes it different from your current driver's license number how? That a drivers license number cannot be read off the card in your wallet from a few feet away.
The RFID chip broadcasts the information to any receiver that properly interrogates it. The school district was planning to use the cards to track students.
Those cards contain an RFID chip which has banking information in it. The government could know if you just made a purchase from the store or what books you checked out of the library.
Then, of course, there is the possibility of hacking. I am saying that your question is off-topic here, but I guess you will get a better and more qualified response at Information Security SE: security. Tor-EinarJarnbjo Do you mean you aren't saying so? Sure, sorry. I ment to say: "I am not saying that Add a comment.
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Credit cards need to be really close to the reader to be read, but the border crossing cards can be read through a car window by a reader that is 6 or 8 feet away.
That's the reason these cards always come with a shielded envelope while credit card companies don't bother. The tech in the card is identical regardless the strength of the reader. Basically the reader needs to send a charge to the card that charges the tiny coil enough for the card to discharge its string of numbers back to the reader. The readers that read credit cards have a MUCH lower charge sent out than that of the readers at border crossings. The mesh in RFID blocking wallets is the same thing the foil lined paper sleeves use.
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