Schneier on Security: RFID Passport Security

Bruce Schneier is blogging about RFID's and how the state department is toying with the idea of embedding them into passports for better security/privacy/speed.

The state department has considered this idea for a while now but was reluctant to pursue it because of privacy and security issues (anyone with an RFID reader can find out all of your personal information stored on your RFID passport and clone it).

The new solution is to put make the RFID passports ask for a special password or security key before they broadcast their information...of course for the system to work this "key" would be known by readers in just about every international airport. That sounds about as secure as UNC's wireless network WEP key.

Schneier on Security: RFID Passport Security