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RFID for Customs?

Filed in archive News by Lori Widmer on September 11, 2007

At what price security? That's the question raised by the federal government's plan to use long-range RFID technology in border patrol. Talk of implanting the chips in driver's licenses to make it easier for border patrols to scan quickly the personal ID of the card holder. However, security issues abound. Ellen Messmer's article on Network World details the concerns of Smart Card Alliance. Read Messmer's article.

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