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Old October 24th, 2008, 07:11 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.air
Chrissy Cruiser[_2_]
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Default RFIDs in American passports inserted by foreign contractors

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:00:24 +0200, Anonymous Remailer wrote:

A passport factory in Thailand? Can such things be?

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/...-watch-rf.html


Smartrac divulged in an October 2007 court filing in The Hague that
China had stolen its patented technology for e-passport chips, raising
additional questions about the security of America's e-passports....
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Old October 24th, 2008, 07:15 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.air
Bert Hyman
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Default RFIDs in American passports inserted by foreign contractors

(Chrissy Cruiser) wrote in
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:00:24 +0200, Anonymous Remailer wrote:

A passport factory in Thailand? Can such things be?

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/...-watch-rf.html

Smartrac divulged in an October 2007 court filing in The Hague that
China had stolen its patented technology for e-passport chips,
raising additional questions about the security of America's
e-passports....


Why? If the technology was covered in non-classified patents, then
anybody could learn about it by simply reading the patent documents.

Patent infringment is a matter for the courts, not a national security
issue.

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Old October 24th, 2008, 08:15 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises,rec.travel.air
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Default RFIDs in American passports inserted by foreign contractors

Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:00:24 +0200, Anonymous Remailer wrote:

A passport factory in Thailand? Can such things be?

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/...-watch-rf.html


Smartrac divulged in an October 2007 court filing in The Hague that
China had stolen its patented technology for e-passport chips, raising
additional questions about the security of America's e-passports....


I don't view the chip as more than an expedient when identifying a
passport. I doubt if having one would convey less scrutiny on the
holder than the paper version, but there's always the chance a lazy
customs officer would fail to do all the comparisons.

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