Passport
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Indian passports to go digital next year
News Country preps for e-passports and overhaul of backend infrastructure to enable better security, easier access and faster issuance of travel documents.
Tags: Local Government, Data security, Traveller, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., E-passport, Security, India, Chip, Infineon Technologies AG, Passport
Seagate FreeAgent Go
Reviews Seagate's FreeAgent Go is our favourite portable hard drive to date, earning it an Editors' Choice award. The drive is well designed and fast, and you won't find better value for money.
Tags: Seagate Technology LLC, mobile hard-disk, USB cable, FreeAgent Go, phone, external hard drive, hard drive, VAT, USB 2.0, Web Site
Taking the classical approach to security
Insight newsmaker RSA chief scientist Ari Juels explains why classical literature has a place in IT security, and what to make of security in radio frequency identification.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, RFID, Security, Backup, Chip, Archiving, EMC Corp.
IBM, CSC win UK ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrollment systems, including online passport applications.
Tags: Biometrics, Business applications, IBM Corp., Home Secretary, Booth, Database, ID Card, Passport, U.K., bank
Dutch researcher claims e-passport hack
News A researcher has published code that purports to emulate the data on e-passport chips and circumvent e-passport security measures.
Tags: Hacking, Biometrics, E-passport, Security, Video, Passport, U.K., researcher, smart card, Amsterdam
Stolen e-passports 'worth millions' on black market
News Thousands of blank U.K. e-passports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20 million (US$39.5 million) on the black market, say privacy experts.
Tags: Privacy, Biometrics, Authentication and encryption, E-passport, Security, Chip, Passport, London, University of Cambridge, Silicon.com
Protecting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID from attacks
News Speaker at hacker conference warns about security risks inherent in everyday electronics and suggests taking a hammer to your passport.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Data security, Bluetooth, RFID, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Attack, Headset, Passport, phone
Western Digital releases 1TB laptop hard drive
News Company's new hardware significantly shrinks the storage-capacity gap between notebook and desktop drives.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Storage, Western Digital Corp., Storage, hard drive, Laptop Computer, disk, desktop, Consumer Technology
UK losing faith in ID cards?
News A single, compulsory document combining passport and driving license would prove more popular than proposed ID card, says U.K. Member of Parliament.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Home Secretary, Conference, Identity, Spokesperson, ID Card, Government, job, U.K., Security implementation/standards
UK pilots to bail out on ID cards
News A survey of 10,000 pilots by the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) found 60 percent were opposed to ID cards. Balpa has pledged to battle the rollout of the cards to pilots "with every lawful means at our disposal".
Tags: Biometrics, Security, Survey, Card, ID Card, Manchester, Worker, job, U.K., spokesman
Cloud, virtualization are new weapons in outsourcing arms race
News Current economic conditions and tighter IT budget has driven most organizations to outsource, causing suppliers to provide cloud and virtualization services.
Tags: Virtualization, Cloud computing, IT outsourcing, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Ovum, Supplier, Cloud computing, IT outsourcing, financial
Privacy activist asks US regulators to halt Google apps
News Electronic Privacy Information Center wants Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Google cloud-computing services until government-mandated "safeguards are verifiably established."
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, FTC, EPIC, Privacy Activist, Regulator, Privacy Advocacy Group, Marc Rotenberg, Google Apps
U.K. passport price forced up by biometric chip costs
News From December, passport holders will pay an additional 18 percent for new security measures, and a further fee review will take place next year.
Tags: Biometrics, Government
Biometric trials point to passport fraud
News The Australian federal government is poised to crack down on identity fraud amid indications that biometric technology trials have yielded instances of illegal multiple passports.
Passport required, but not appealing
News Microsoft doubled the number of subscribers for its authentication service, but most use it because they have to.
