New HKID Design & Replacement Program

[shri]

How very 1984.

Citizens must be happy and fresh looking.

Just kidding...

[flameproof]

Suspect there will be an uptick of ...

Note: you can't have a RFID safe wallet and complain that you need to take your your Octopus every time.

[Skyhook]

Wonder if they will finally incorporate driving license data into the new ID card, a much promised featured of the first "smart" ID card which never materialised.

That would require the immigration dept to cooperate with the transport dept and vice versa.... Hahahhahaha hahahhahaha

Good luck with that.

[shri]

Note: you can't have a RFID safe wallet and complain that you need to take your your Octopus every time.

Outer sleeve for the Octopus?

[jgl]

How very 1984.

Citizens must be happy and fresh looking.

Just kidding...

To be fair, getting an ID card here was, at the time, one of the most amazingly efficient and friendly experiences I'd ever had with a bureaucracy in any country.

[shri]

That would require the immigration dept to cooperate with the transport dept and vice versa.... Hahahhahaha hahahhahaha

Good luck with that.

And OGCIO or whatever they call the IT department and the privacy commission and the cops (will need new readers)...

[East_coast]

the cops will need new readers...

what will the range be 3-5m ?



Should be enough to collect the daily movements of the vast majority of people

[TheBrit]

what will the range be 3-5m ?

You mean 3-5cm right?

[East_coast]

You mean 3-5cm right?

Probably.... but who knows what a large tag is with a super sensitive reader. Hopefully at least 3 feet

Ultra-High Frequency – 865 – 960 MHz –this frequency (UHF RFID) makes up the bulk of RFID applications. The read range for passive UHF tags is from a few centimeters for small tags, to up to 35 feet in large tags

[TheBrit]

Yes, so nothing to worry about then. Then is so much FUD spread on RFID tracking, I'm surprised you are joining in with it.