Comments on: Electronic Passport Problems http://techgeneration.net/2007/10/03/electronic-passport-problems/ Technology, life with it, and the generation that uses it Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:30:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ruquay K Calloway http://techgeneration.net/2007/10/03/electronic-passport-problems/#comment-110 Ruquay K Calloway Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:08:37 +0000 http://techgeneration.net/2007/10/03/electronic-passports/#comment-110 "Use of the electronic format will provide the traveler the additional security protections inherent in chip technology." I have read this statement a few times in the passport literature. Could we please have a list of just what these "additional security protections" of chip technology are? I understand there are *other* features that make chip technology attractive, but what in the hell are the inherent security protections? “Use of the electronic format will provide the traveler the additional security protections inherent in chip technology.”

I have read this statement a few times in the passport literature. Could we please have a list of just what these “additional security protections” of chip technology are? I understand there are *other* features that make chip technology attractive, but what in the hell are the inherent security protections?

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