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  •  ezdidit, I have to renew my passport...what (0+ / 0-)

    are the hassles you refer to?

    "Evil is a lack of empathy, a total incapacity to feel with their fellow man." - Capt. Gilbert,Psychiatrist, at the end of Nuremberg trials.

    by 417els on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:57:56 PM PDT

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    •  (Sorry, post comment thingy is doing weird stuff) (0+ / 0-)

      Which just goes to show...!

      "Evil is a lack of empathy, a total incapacity to feel with their fellow man." - Capt. Gilbert,Psychiatrist, at the end of Nuremberg trials.

      by 417els on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 08:00:06 PM PDT

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    •  the chip embedded in the new passport is configur (0+ / 0-)

      ed for photo verification & immigration information.

      It ALSO has basic access control and "contactless" proximity transmission, like EZ Pass, only shorter range, more like Exxon-Mobil's speedpass and Mastercard's "blink" technology.

      How easy will it be to embed GPS tracking in a few more Moore years ?  

      Passports probably will be recalled for changeover to GPS technology within 5 years unless more sensitive readers can be devised as "trackers." (2013 is the target date for a technological security "fence" around Canada, Mexico and the U.S. - check out The Council on Foreign Relations.)

      I am not too sanguine about our prospects without New Deal protections, or the corporations will own us outright.

      "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson

      by ezdidit on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 08:28:56 PM PDT

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      •  A lead passport holder....? That help? nt (0+ / 0-)

        "Evil is a lack of empathy, a total incapacity to feel with their fellow man." - Capt. Gilbert,Psychiatrist, at the end of Nuremberg trials.

        by 417els on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 09:49:12 PM PDT

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        •  no, tinfoil. (2+ / 0-)

          Recommended by:
          Spoc42, 417els

          Aluminum foil. Aluminized Mylar. Make a Faraday cage around it and RFIDs don't talk to anybody.

          I suspect that in the next few years, we're going to see shielded wallets for sale.

          It isn't just about the Feds and passports.

          RFID tech isn't rocket science, and it won't be long before criminals start carrying their own RFID scanners with directional antennas. . . for reading other people's credit cards. Or reading the amount of currency in other people's wallets.

          The Euro already has RFID tags built-in. How long before this winds up in dollar bills?

          Those of you who think you have nothing to hide, are you sure?

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          by alizard on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 11:13:50 PM PDT

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