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November 15, 2004
Evolution of the U.S. Passport
I applied for my first U.S. passport last week (I was born in France and became a U.S. citizen a few weeks ago) and although I'm happy to be receiving mine soon, it looks like if I had waited just a little longer, I would have been able to get a new epassport... oh well, next time!
This article is from Wired:
"It may look like an ordinary US passport, but the next-gen booklet being tested by government officials and diplomats this winter will have a silicon component: a microchip that stores your photo ID and other information, which can be accessed wirelessly and analyzed by facial-recognition software. The new document, slated to become standard issue sometime next year, is part of a worldwide passport upgrade designed to improve border security. The global system is still being hashed out. The European Union prefers fingerprints and iris scanning, and civil rights activists are calling for better privacy measures. For now, here's what you can expect as the epassport era dawns."
Posted by insideoutmag at November 15, 2004 09:31 AM