Security scores big at World Cup
German government is taking substantial security precautions with next month’s soccer tournament
Info World
By John Blau, IDG News Service
May 26, 2006
The list of security precautions the government is taking is substantial. It begins with the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. More than 3.5 million tickets for the 64 matches will be sold with an embedded RFID chip containing identification information that will be checked against a database as fans pass through entrance gates at all 12 stadiums.
