03.01.2008 18:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

New US e-passports to speed checkpoint times, freak out privacy types, in April or May

Filed under: WirelessThe feds are done debating and are all prepped to introduce RFID e-passports readable up to 20 feet away to US citizens who frequently travel to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean in either April or May of 2008. The new passports should allow traveler info to be read as they're shuffling up to the border agent, who can verify their info and wave them along with little delay. Privacy advocates are obviously concerned about people capturing data or cloning the passports, but you can always

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