Comments on: Stop RFID in Swiss Passports! http://www.haslo.ch/blog/stop-rfid-in-swiss-passports/ We believe that people with passion can change the world for the better. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: haslo http://www.haslo.ch/blog/stop-rfid-in-swiss-passports/#comment-1139 haslo Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:47:45 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=1114#comment-1139 Why is that? What's good about a way to identify every single citizen from meters away, from a privacy point of view? A member of parliament recently said that we'd have to make sacrifices in privacy for increased security. I couldn't disagree more. There is a tradeoff, sure, but if we give away all our freedom in order to protect our freedom, we've done something wrong. We're on a slippery slope here. Luckily, after the RFID chips just barely passed the vote, the centralized database containing all citizen's data (fingerprints and all) was dropped from the proposal. That's at least something. Still, all the inherent security problems make this way more hassle than worth. (Also, my apologies for removing that link of yours. I might even have left it in, if it weren't for that JavaScript popup nastiness crap. I hate hate hate obtrusive advertising, and certainly won't support it with link juice.) Why is that? What’s good about a way to identify every single citizen from meters away, from a privacy point of view?

A member of parliament recently said that we’d have to make sacrifices in privacy for increased security. I couldn’t disagree more. There is a tradeoff, sure, but if we give away all our freedom in order to protect our freedom, we’ve done something wrong. We’re on a slippery slope here.

Luckily, after the RFID chips just barely passed the vote, the centralized database containing all citizen’s data (fingerprints and all) was dropped from the proposal. That’s at least something. Still, all the inherent security problems make this way more hassle than worth.

(Also, my apologies for removing that link of yours. I might even have left it in, if it weren’t for that JavaScript popup nastiness crap. I hate hate hate obtrusive advertising, and certainly won’t support it with link juice.)

]]> By: Stop sweating http://www.haslo.ch/blog/stop-rfid-in-swiss-passports/#comment-1137 Stop sweating Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:54:50 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=1114#comment-1137 I think that chips is a good idea, I wish my government would use something like these chips. I think that chips is a good idea, I wish my government would use something like these chips.

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]]> By: Conspirama http://www.haslo.ch/blog/stop-rfid-in-swiss-passports/#comment-50 Conspirama Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:45:23 +0000 http://www.haslo.ch/blog/?p=1114#comment-50 <strong>Stop RFID in Swiss Passports!...</strong> he Swiss government has decided that our passports, like a few before ours, should store data on RFID chips. Meaning, fingerprints and a digital photograph would be stored, in addition to the already available data that’s also printed ...... Stop RFID in Swiss Passports!…

he Swiss government has decided that our passports, like a few before ours, should store data on RFID chips. Meaning, fingerprints and a digital photograph would be stored, in addition to the already available data that’s also printed ……

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