RFID chips in passports are there to make them less easily faked. I would assume any passport that should have one but doesn't would come under extra scrutiny- so busting it with a hammer is probably a good way to spend extra hours in airport security.
Go for the wallet. <http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/rfidblocking-wallet-and-passport-case-160702.php> Or make your own out of tin foil and duct tape <http://www.rpi-polymath.com/ducttape/RFIDWallet.php> On 7/12/07, Constance Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow--this is turning into a thriller plot. (I was more interested in the technical questions.) The usual way to get by if someone fingers you in unfriendly territory as a North American tourist is to say, "We're Canadian," with or without Maple Leaf t-shirts and references to the Calgary Stampede. That's supposed to work; but not if you have an RFID in your knapsack that says where you're really from. And, to continue the thriller plot, you wouldn't want to marry an RFID reader to a sniper rifle, even if the tech would work. Live hostages are worth far more than tourists found dead in mysterious circumstances (whose assassination could be claimed by multiple groups of bad guys). I'm still interested in the technical question: exactly why are RFID chips in the passports in the first place, and what exactly are they used for? Are there any consequences if they stop working? Passport RFID's sound pretty silly to me--the kind of thing that happens when someone's brother-in-law is the chief contractor. --Constance Warner
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