Feds could take years to OK a state’s request for RFID-powered IDs

Proposed new driver's licenses with embedded radio chips for the U.S. state of Ohio reportedly will wait years for approval by the federal Homeland Security Department.

Legislators in Ohio, which lies close to Canada, approved development of the digital IDs in April. Neither mobile nor (the much-delayed) Real ID licenses, the enhanced document would broadcast a unique code and biometric data that border guards for a small selection of nations could receive to identify the bearer remotely.

The goal …

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