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| Sunsnail |
Dear Tranceaddicts!,
I need your help today to stop a State Department proposal that could jeopardize your personal privacy!
Under Section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which Congress passed in 2004, the State Department is charged with creating a new “passport card” for Americans to use for travel to Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. Currently, Americans only need to show a driver’s license or birth certificate for such cross-border travel.
The State Department has issued a proposal (RIN 1400-AC22) to embed the passport card with a Radio Frequency (RF) identification chip, with the capacity for carrying and transmitting detailed personal information. Though the State Department is proposing that the RF chip only contain a unique ID number, that ID number would be used to access a federally-controlled database with secure information about you and other travelers. What’s more, according to the State Department’s own proposal, the RF-embedded passport card could be remotely accessed up to 20 feet away!
The State Department has invited the public to comment on this proposal by December 18, 2006. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice needs to hear from Americans like you who value their personal privacy and are concerned by the fact that an RF passport card could be accessed by unauthorized persons, making us all more vulnerable to identity theft and government snooping. Please tell the Secretary of State today that you oppose the use of privacy-jeopardizing RF technology and want her to reject RIN 1400-AC22!
Sincerely,
Thomas A. Schatz
President
you can use this link https://secure2.convio.net/cagw/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=393
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| Lilith |
Aww, come on guys youre not being very co-operative about this.
Do nothing wrong, nothing to hide from the government and they're just doing it to make sure youre all safe from the wicked terrorists, its in your best interests and to say otherwise would be unamerican... youre not being unamerican are you? :haha: |
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| Krypton |
| Aussies have no say in american affairs:p |
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| Lilith |
hehe :haha:
Oh but the current AU government has followed the US one through all sorts of pointless wars like Vietnam, Afganistan and Iraq and brought about their own mirrored security laws just like the US ones.
They've been punting around the idea of an 'Australia Card' for some time to replace licences and passports, it's not been popular. |
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| Fir3start3r |
If they cut the antenna capabilities of the RF card (drastically), this shouldn't be an issue, however 20ft. is a bit much and I don't see why that kind of range is needed. :conf:
I wouldn't want to be unknowingly 'tagged' either. :wtf: |
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