
But this was intended, so far as we can tell, solely for border crossing or entry/exit data, not for logs of hotel stays or other transactions. In accordance with standards set by ICAO, space is reserved on the RFID chip is each e-passport for travel history data. Pre-crime predictive “risk assessment” and profiling scores generated at each “intervention” point before and during each trip or transactionĮach hotel stay, purchase, or other transaction would become like a border crossing permanently stamped in your passport as part of a digital “trip pass” subject to inspection on demand by authorities at subsequent “intervention” points:Īll of this data is intended to be used to discriminate between travelers whose ID-linked pre-crime profiles are scored as “high risk” or “low risk”:Īccess to more comprehensive travel history and transaction logs is a longstanding goal of government surveillance and travel-control agencies.Purchase logs and possibly bank account information and/or other financial and transaction records.Travel history including logs of border crossings, hotel stays, and possibly also car rentals and/or other events.Government-issued ID credentials (passport number, etc.).


On March 26, 2020, the World Economic Forum published specifications and launched a new website for a project it has christened “Known Travel Digital Identity” (KTDI):
