“[Some comments called for the inclusion of an anti-skimming device that would block unauthorized connections with the readable chip to gain access to the data.] The doomsday scenario has been the ability for terrorist to drive by several cafés to find and target the most Americans in one place, ... I'm not sure how realistic that is, but when you work with these types of technologies you need to play out some of the possibilities to calm peoples' fears.”
Ray Everett-Church
“I can create machine-readable definitions for functions but they are useless if the developer does not know how to use them.”
Gary Barnett
“We're going to have an entry-exit system based on a machine-readable passport, so we'll be able to verify and validate they are who they claim to be,”
Tom Ridge
“We made the type more readable.”
Virginia Wilcox
“Traditional systems are meant more to protect their dollar invested in making sure they deny unauthorized users access because that saves them money,”
Ira Winkler
“WorldCom condemns unauthorized carrier switches, and we cooperated fully with the FCC's review, ... The incidents highlighted by the FCC were perpetrated by a few sales employees, who have since been terminated.”
Bernard J. Ebbers
