Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
Visa International is making a push with a new smart-card payment system that would allow hands-free transactions.
With both MasterCard and Visa testing smart card technology, miniature computer chips and radio antennaes are set to take over from the tell-tale magnetic strips which have so long been core to card-based transactions.
One of the basic forms of personal identification, the passport, is on the verge of taking on a new, high-tech identity.
Problems in introducing biometric identifiers to Australian passports means Australian citizens visiting the United States will be fingerprinted and photographed under that country's anti-terrorism measures.
Countries begin test programs -- get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.
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