DHS Privacy Office Slams RFID Technology
William P. Dizard III writes on GCN.com:
The Homeland Security Department’s Privacy Office has issued a draft report from a technology analysis group that strongly criticizes the personal privacy and security risks of using radio frequency identification device units for human identification and says the technology offers little performance benefit over competing methods.More here.
The Privacy Office is seeking comments on the report [.pdf], which are due by May 22.
The department’s Emerging Applications and Technology Subcommittee of the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee prepared the report, which is titled “The Use of RFID for Human Identification.”
The critical report comes against the background of a continuing debate within the department over the security and privacy issues surrounding the use of RFID technology to identify people at border crossings.
posted by Fergie @ 5/17/2006 04:07:00 PM
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