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National Public Forum on “Enhanced” Drivers Licences,

RFIDs, Facial Recognition and other problems with “Enhanced” Drivers Licences. <<. National Public Forum on “Enhanced” Drivers Licences, privacy and state surveillance under the new Canada-U.S. border regime Ottawa - March 24, 2009. Andrew Clement, Krista Boa, Joseph Ferenbok,

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National Public Forum on “Enhanced” Drivers Licences,

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  1. RFIDs, Facial Recognition and other problems with “Enhanced” Drivers Licences << National Public Forum on “Enhanced” Drivers Licences, privacy and state surveillance under the new Canada-U.S. border regime Ottawa - March 24, 2009 Andrew Clement, Krista Boa, Joseph Ferenbok, Brenda McPhail & Karen Smith Identity, Privacy and Security Initiative & Information Policy Research Program Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

  2. Overview • What is an EDL? • RFID capabilities • Border crossing waits • Facial recognition screening • EDL versus Passport • Summary - get a passport!

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  5. Demo of RFID reader RFID reader display Show read range

  6. RFID Properties (EPC Gen 2) RFID EDL numbers are unique personal identifiers readable at a range of up to 10m RFID unique numbersare an access key to database records that contain personal information RFID unique numbers are personal information This equipment can also: • duplicate EDL tags • turn tag on and off • ‘kill’ tag to prevent further reading EPC Gen 2 is insecure and privacy invasive in EDLs cloning self-protection or denial of service?

  7. What Border Patrol will see: From Canadian (CBSA) database: RFID unique number > Full name (first name, last name) Birth date * Gender * Citizenship License issuing jurisdiction Issuing country * EDL expiration date OCR/MRZ unique identifier Digital image (Applicant photo) License status and status changes ? From US (CBP/DHS/NCIC, ICEPIC…) databases: • Travel history? • Threat level? • Police record? • ???

  8. Vehicle Inspection Time Reduction? Will having an EDL rather than a passport save you time at the border? Using an EDL saves 5-10 secs over using a passport (which has a Machine Readable Zone (MRZ)) Also note: • No additional lanes at border crossings • No special lanes for EDLs No!

  9. Wait Time Reduction? 75% MRZ/25% RFID i.e. barely any reduction in wait time [1]

  10. FRT - Facial Recognition Tech(aka Photo Comparison Technology) Image template Ontario DL(+ID) database ~10M records

  11. FRT - Facial Recognition Tech(aka Photo Comparison Technology) Mandatory for all drivers licences in some provinces (Alberta, Ont., B.C.) • Evidence for effectiveness? • Protection against false positives? Redress? • Security of the database? • Data sharing? Strictly limited and transparent? • Protection against function creep? See video atIDforum.ca

  12. EDL vs Passport         

  13. Summary - Get a passport! Stop! Think again Stop! Think again Still preferable RFID FRT Passport      ?      

  14. Check out the FAQ, webcast, videos and on-line discussion at: IDforum.ca [IPRP] Information Policy Research Program

  15. References [1] CTST 2008 Passcard and Enhanced Driver’s License Panel Discussion, Track A14 Federal Government ID Use Cases, Paul Hunter May 13, 2008

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