Waking to the Dangers of RFID's in Passports

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I am glad that others are beginning to see the same problems as I do with RFID's.

The reason RFID is more controversial than, say, a bar code is that the data on the chip is read by a remote reader. The State Department asserts that the tags it will use can be read from only 4 inches away. But privacy advocates say there's no way the State Department can guarantee that . from RFID PASSPORT: "SHOOT ME!"

RFID PASSPORT: "SHOOT ME!" from Defense Tech and Passport to pry from Salon.com are articles I feel are both worth taking a look at.