Germany To Roll Out ID Cards With Embedded RFID 235
An anonymous reader writes "The production of RFID chips, an integral element of the new generation of German identity cards, has started after the government gave a 10-year contract to the chipmaker NXP in the Netherlands. Citizens will receive the mandatory new ID cards starting from the first of November. The new card allows German authorities to identify people with speed and accuracy, the government said. These authorities include the police, customs and tax authorities and of course the local registration and passport granting authorities. There are some concerns that the use of RFID chips will pose a security or privacy risk, however. Early versions of the electronic passports, using RFID chips with a protocol called 'basic access control' (BAC), were successfully hacked by university researchers and security experts."
Who woulda thunk it (Score:1, Funny)
Germans coming up with new and innovative citizenry. What could possibly go wrong with that?
(Bye bye karma...)
Targetted advertising is more likely (Score:3, Funny)
Walk past an e-paper advert board. It scans your ID, looks up your preferences and buying history and throws up a 20 foot high shot of a naked guy and directions to the local rubber fetish store.
Awesome... (Score:5, Funny)
I've always wanted to be a german.
And now i can be a bunch of them!
Ihre RFID Bitte (Score:2, Funny)
Danke !!
Ihre R F I D Bitte
D anke !!
Aolso, Ihre RFID Bitte
Dank e !!
Ihre RFID Bitte
Danke !!
Ihre RFID Bitte
Danke !!
Ihre RFID Bitte
HALT !!
Re:EU passports (Score:5, Funny)
The first three posts in this discussion are - as of now - ACs. Though different from the normal 'First Piss Post'-category. They are spot on the topic. Still ACs. Why?
Already fearful of being tracked? Yes, you are. Through your IP-addresses.
Next year you can be tracked by having your Personalausweis in your pocket. Or in your bag. You need it, because you want to enter an official building; the Rathaus.
Or doing banking business:
"Guten Morgen, Frau Müller."
"Uh, Sie kennen mich?"
"Nein, aber Sie haben Ihren Ausweis dabei! Ich denke Sie wollen Ihren Urlaub bezahlen!?"
"Woher wissen Sie das?"
"Nun, als Sie hier hereinkamen, hat unsere Sicherheitssoftware gemeldet, dass Sie gerade auch im Reisebüro waren."
Oh, what a brave new world we weave ... .
Outsourced to the Netherlands (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Targetted advertising is more likely (Score:1, Funny)
I for one welcomes our new RFID scanning rubber fetish clad overlords
Re:Who woulda thunk it (Idiocracy) (Score:4, Funny)
IPPA Computer: Welcome to the Identity Processsing Program of Uhmerica! Please insert your forearm into the forearm receptacle!
IPPA Computer: Thank you! Please speak your name as it appears on your current federal identity card, document G24L8!
Pvt. Joe Bowers: I'm not sure if...
IPPA Computer: You have entered the name "Not Sure." Is this correct, Not Sure?
Pvt. Joe Bowers: No, it's not correct...
IPPA Computer: Thank you! "Not" is correct. Is "Sure" correct?
Pvt. Joe Bowers: No, it's not, my name is Joe...
IPPA Computer: You have already confirmed your first name is "Not." Please confirm your last name, "Sure."
Pvt. Joe Bowers: My last name is not "Sure!"
IPPA Computer: Thank you, Not Sure!
Pvt. Joe Bowers: No, what I mean is my name is Joe...
IPPA Computer: Confirmation is complete. Please wait while I tattoo your new identity on your arm!
The Translation... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:identity cards, not passports (Score:3, Funny)
But what kind of idiot keeps his wallet in back pocket?
George Costanza
COUGH!! I just inhaled my morning coffee. (Score:3, Funny)
I just hope you're proud of yourself...
Actually its "Minority Report" all over again...
Imagine NEVER AGAIN being able to do anything you're ashamed of.
Be PROUD of being kinky, 'cause EVERYBODY's gonna know.