Why can't we make a cheaper simpler and secure tool like the US is planning:
Ms. Harty said a planned introduction of a passport card - "that card will be wallet-sized and about half the price" - should ease the problem for Americans who cross into Canada for work or on day visits. The passport card will be available only to U.S. citizens. In Canada, the Harper government has no plans to offer an equivalent card.No, we have a less-secure, as-expensive, bulky plan. Excellent.
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Gordo - June 20, 2007 11:18 am
Why the heck any government would WANT a multi-tier "passport" system is beyond me. If they have the same, ridiculously insecure, RFID stuff embedded in them as the regular passports criminals will continue to have a field day with them. There's nothing like a government issued ID card that can be copied and counterfeited without having to even see it.
gorthos - June 20, 2007 11:41 am
I solve all these issues by not going to the US
Gordo - June 20, 2007 12:33 pm
Yep ... I scan all documents that I'm meant to carry for RFID tags and disable them as well. I know too much about these damned things to trust them. Knowing that all it takes is $40 worth of electronic gear for someone to read my account info from 10 feet away is too much of a risk to take.
David Janes - June 20, 2007 1:14 pm
A few seconds in the microwave usually does the trick, so I've heard.
gorthos - June 20, 2007 1:14 pm
A quick whack of a hammer fixes anything you know.. even RFID tags
cm - June 20, 2007 3:35 pm
Disabling the rfid tag doesn't render the document invalid?
gorthos - June 20, 2007 4:01 pm
cm: nope
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