Curious what to get your significant other for Valentine’s Day? How about a copy of your comments to the revised Personal Identity Verification spec (NIST 800-73) as the deadline is February 14. The highly-anticipated revised draft was released today. Addressing the controversy that engulfed the previous version, the revision is “compatible with both file system and virtual machine cards. It provides a streamlined, ISO compliant unified card edge independent of the underlying card platform technology.”

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