{"id":385254,"date":"2010-03-03T07:47:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/?p=35762"},"modified":"2010-03-03T07:47:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T12:47:15","slug":"germany-unveils-next-generation-%e2%80%98personal-security-card%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/385254","title":{"rendered":"Germany unveils next generation \u2018personal security card\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen C. Webster
\nRaw Story<\/a><\/a>
\nMarch 3, 2010<\/p>\n

The new identity card isn\u2019t just to verify who a person is. It\u2019s now a matter of personal security, according to German officials who showed off the country\u2019s newest ID technology at this year\u2019s CeBIT conference.<\/p>\n

According to reports from CeBIT, the new identity card will go into circulation for the first time in November 2010. It features an advanced biometric identification system and users have the option of associating a finger print with the card.<\/p>\n

The user\u2019s identity information and electronic signature is encrypted and broadcast by the card via radio frequency identity (RFID), which its creators believe will help facilitate e-commerce and e-government<\/a>. The card could even be used to remember passwords on the Internet<\/a>, according to a product description on the CeBIT Web site<\/a>. Lost or stolen cards would be treated like credit cards today: once reported missing, they would no longer be accepted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order for the new electronic ID card to be accepted by Germans, the federal, state and municipal administration, as well as independent businesses and banks, must develop solutions on their side that enable the smooth running of business processes with the new electronic ID card,\u201d the CeBIT page claims. \u201cWith the new electronic procedures for filing taxes, the changeover to the new ID system is already underway.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group calls its new ID standard a \u201cpersonal security card\u201d that will \u201cimprove practical life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RFID medium is an especially controversial choice for an ID standard technology, given its seeming disposition to being hacked. Tales of RFID\u2019s insecurity dot the Web<\/a> and popular blog BoingBoing memorably promoted<\/a> a video<\/a> in March 2009 showing how RFID-enabled credit cards could be hacked for less than $8 and some basic tech skills.<\/p>\n

With over 1 billion RFID-enabled cards<\/a> already in circulation, it would appear that business has settled on a new standard for wireless verification systems. Whether that standard\u2019s safety and reliability as an identity technology will be proven remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

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