Video: Samsung's e-passport turns your head into a rotating government specimen
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 19th 2009 5:26AM
posted Jun 19th 2009 5:26AM
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Can't wait for someone to hack these.
My thoughts exactly. I wonder how long it'll take for someone to insert Fight Club-style subliminal frames in the video/image sequence.
Two weeks
TWwwWWwowoooOOOoo WWEEeeEEks
Get ready for a surprise!
are you bringing any fruits or vegetables on your trip?
Hey man, I got five kids to feed!
Get your ass to Maass. Get your ass to Maass.
Oh dear, imagine the irritation of photobooths multiplied by the amount of photos of your head it'll have to take, whilst you remain perfectly still, to get a 3d picture.
"Now make sure your head is aligned in the 24 crosshairs"
Ever heard of video?
Apparently not :S
Though the video camera would still have to pan around your head.
Or, alternatively, multiple cameras, matrix style.
Superhobo...thank you...I needed the laugh, and you delivered good sir.
a passport already costs $99... how much is this gonna cost? so fucking unnecessary.
But it will make us SAFER!!!! Just as soon as the governments herds us all together in a big padded room,
They already stuck in the smart chips like they have on the DoD IDs. This does seem a little unnecessary. It really sounds like someone in charge watches to many damn movies
Making sure the back of your head matches up with the photo is totally necessary. After all, if someone has managed to duplicate your appearance to the point of a still photo not being good enough, the back of their head will be a dead giveaway.
LOL! Total Recall I love that movie!
Blade Runner
do they seriously need to see the back of your head to make sure its you??
Yeah, sure. Imagine someone is hiding another face at the back of the head...
Professor Quirrell
Haha, that came to my mind too. =)
that two faced guy on Sanctuary whose name I am unaware of!
yeah, that sounded kinda flat.
Agent 47 needs to grow some hair now
It gives a front and side profiles too, you idiot.
That screen is 2 inches? Wow, that card must be huge!
I would recommend not to leave it in your jeans when you wash them
i agree pablito!
i agree Down.
That's all fine and good ... but can it play "Crysis" ???
It's a screen.
And you're an idiot.
Oh, it is? Ohhhhhhhhhh....
Thanks for explaining it, buddy.
It's a shame children don't understand humor nowadays.
They watch too many episodes of Jon and Kate.
No ... it's e-passport Smartcard with screen , there is CPU,RAM,and I/O .... by definition that is a computer .... and it can play "Crysis" @ QQQVGA @ 0.1 FPS :)
We understand humor, but spitting out phrases like "Can it play Crysis?" that were tired over a year ago is not "humor." In fact, it makes you an annoying douchebag.
@wells ... so you admit to watching Jon and Kate.
I suppose "Crysis 2" would've been more current, but who gives a sh#t.
Now, go watch your two and a half men.
I like Jon and Kate plus 8!
I wasn't aware not denying an irrelevant comment equated to an admission of guilt. The only television show I'm following right now is Weeds, and will be watching Entourage once it starts.
Regardless of how current the game you name is, it's still an overused "joke" that wasn't funny to begin with. ZOMGWTF CRYSIS REQUIREMENTS R SO HI LOLOLOL U NEED OVER 9000 CORES - we get it.
Wow.
You're still going back and replying to this thread?
At least I get an email to replies.
Wow ... simply wow.
Should I update the firmware if I change my hairdress? dammit, this is a tragedy
"the icky feeling it'll be sooner than we want" Why the concern about these?
I really fail to understand why folks want to be untraceable and don't want advanced IDs, yet those same folks will happily sign up for multiple credit cards, store cards, "locate" functions on their cellphones and post their entire lives on line on Facebook and blogs. Really? And you worry about a government ID?
As a frequent travel, I am often carrying multiple documents. I have three driver licenses (Illinois, UK and South Africa). I have two passports (UK and South Africa). I have a greencard. At any given time I am abroad I have at least 2 of the licenses, one of passports and the greencard.
If I can replace at least the greencard, a license and a passport with one electronic card - wow! They can track me all the want. Doesn't matter, since I'm already trackable from my cellphone, credit cards and existing passports.
I wonder what your profession is. slavetrader? Diamondsalesperson? Weaponssales?
@wwhat: I wonder what your existence is: worthless, hilarious, a divine joke?
I do NOT wonder about you molecule-eye, nor does anybody else.
In the last 5 years I already had to have my passport changed twice due to new requirements to travel to the US. Personally I am not looking forward to this. I don't have a problem with having my head shown in 6D on the passport if they want but I am tired to have to have one redone regularly. In addition at least in France it used to be something which could be done in a day, now it takes week to get one of the new passports, this would be even worse.
So to answer your question, I don't think it is a problem of advanced ids, it is a problem of inconvenience and price to me.
Wow, great comeback.
I think it is actually, I'm not interested in his attacks on my jocular curiosity about a guy with a british and SA passport and illinois driver license and who has a green card for working in the US (I assume since they use the term green card) and has 500 documents and licenses it seems.
That stuff makes you wonder.
He's right incidentally that carrying a cellphone and using a CC and having a facebook is pretty much exposing yourself, but I'd like to point out you can buy pre-paid everywhere, and you can buy pre-paid CC's too in the US, and you can lie your ass off on facebook and post pictures that are fake or edited.
Although perhaps the percentage of people that do actually expose everything for real is a high enough to warrant a cynical raise of the eyebrow.
^^ This is the guy you want to be mugging
Am I the only one, or does that "woman" in the picture have a tremendous adam's apple?
lack of iodine is the culprit.......
Iodine my foot, that's just a dragqueen.
What woman?
reminds me of the holograms used in "Logan's Run".
I was just about to type "THERE IS NO SANCTUARY..."
Reminds me of the replicant profiles in "Blade Runner"
It's Mullet Time.
Reminds me of the rotating heads in Bladerunner.
I thought I saw "Tyrell Corp' on that ePassport somewhere?
This looks like it's from 1989.
Also, everyone who is not in the central government, should get together and form a new country.
NO MORE RAPE!!!
agree