The Indian government has introduced a chip-based e-passport to enhance security and avoid data duplication. The new passport features an advanced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip integrated ...

Chip-Based E-Passports: Taking major step towards modernising the passport system, India has introduced the e-passport initiative as part of the Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Version 2.0. The pilot ...

Customs and Border Protection officers can download and read the information on the RFID chips in U.S. passports, but they can’t authenticate it, according to a Feb. 22 letter from two senators. CBP ...

India’s Passport Seva 2.0 introduces biometric e-passports, digital data storage, and stricter application rules, while global travel shifts toward biometric border systems and e-arrival cards, making ...

The passports hold biographic information and a digital photograph embedded in a contactless chip. The chip communicates by radio wave with a reader, which enables the information to be scanned ...

Frank Moss, the U.S. State Department's former deputy assistant secretary for passport services, says the electronic passport is not a panacea, but does provide a number of real and potential benefits ...

An April 3 article on the U.S. government's plan to embed radio-frequency technology in passports incorrectly implied that Donald Davis, editor of Card Technology magazine, was a critic of the plan.

Citizens are required to complete biometric enrolment by July 31st, 2027, after which all passports that have not been ...

This article was originally published by RFID Update. August 7, 2006—The technology press is awash in articles today proclaiming yet another RFID security vulnerability, this time with respect to ...

A security expert has cracked one of the U.K.’s new biometric passports, which the British government hopes will cut down on cross-border crime and illegal immigration. The attack, which uses a common ...