RFID out for Real ID

The Department of Homeland Security wants government ID (notably, driver's licenses) to be more accurate and harder to forge. For months, the Real ID initiative has driven discussion based on the assumption that it would require RFID and biometrics as part of future licenses. When the proposed regulation was released on March 1, though, neither was included as a requirement. Instead, DHS has mandated 2D bar codes to encode information on the documents. RFID and biometric information could still be part of your next driver's license, but it will be at your state's behest--not the federal government's.

For more on Real ID:
- read the article at eWeek