March 30, 2004
Civil Liberties Groups Protest Biometrics and RFID in Passports
According to silicon.com:
"Civil liberties groups from both sides of the Atlantic have joined forces to oppose the proposed introduction and cross-border sharing of biometrics and RFID in more than one billion passports worldwide.
"Human rights organisations from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia have sent an open letter to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) railing against plans to create an international 'identity register' that would force the inclusion of biometrics and controversial RFID tracking tags in all passports by 2015. ...
"If the ICAO approves it, facial mapping and tracking tags would become mandatory, with fingerprinting also on the drawing board, depending on the preferences of individual governments."
And according to BBC News, "Micro-chipped passports are due to be introduced in the UK in the middle of 2005."
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