April 01, 2004
TSA Considers RFID-tagged Boarding Passes
The Transportation Security Administration is considering using airline boarding passes that would carry RFID chips. Anthony Cerino, communications security technology lead at TSA, claims that the boarding passes with these RFID tags would enable a customer designated as a "registered traveller" to quickly pass through a special lane when boarding an aircraft. Privacy advocates, however, are concerned about the consequences of RFID-tagged boarding passes.
reports:
"Under the registered traveler program, frequent fliers would provide the TSA with detailed personal information that would be correlated by a background check. Privacy advocates said they believe the RFID boarding pass would then serve as an automatic link to the registered traveler database. ...
"The RFID boarding passes would let security personnel 'know people's whereabouts,' Cerino said."
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