If you're concerned about RFIDs on passports, make a RFID-proof duck
tape wallet. There are plans and how-tos all over the net, for example:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Duct-Tape-Wallet
(BTW, the original name of the stuff is DUCK tape, not duct tape.
The original tape was used on ammunition boxes in WW II, the idea
being that the tape was as waterproof as ducks.)
I have also heard of scan-proof wallets but have never investigated
them.
--Constance Warner
On Jul 15, 2009, at 5:17 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> People steal identities all the time. It does not require reading a
> passport rfid. Nor does reading a passport rfid make it any easier.
>
> It may be true in the future that muggers will carry rfid scanners.
> They may be small enough that they could be concealed in the
clothing,
> and would perhaps use a projection system to display the data inside
> the thief's retina where no one else could see what he was doing.
But
> if you're worried about real life violence *today*, then you'll want
> to stop going to grocery stores or worse - don't ever stop to
fill up
> your gas tank!
People like Tony don't go anywhere exciting or dangerous, so he
doesn't have to worry.
People have been targeted through their RFID tagged passports in
places like London or Hamburg or Amsterdam or Tunis. The typical
RFID scanner can only read a tag from a distance of around 12". The
boosted RFID readers can read the tags in passports and other cards
at a distance of 30 feet and more.
I'd rather be safe than sorry, especially after being robbed at
gunpoint in another country a couple of years ago, and another time
being caught in the middle of riots. "Disaster travel" can be
dangerous, but it will always be exciting--never boring.
Betty
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