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US Passports To Recieve RFID Chips

Posted by Zonk on from the like-it-or-not-here-they-come dept.

connah0047 writes "The Washington Post reports that US passports will be getting RFID chips by October of 2006. Despite security concerns, the U.S. has now committed to putting RFID chips in the passports of all U.S. citizens. The new regulations will mean that all new and renewing U.S. passports will contain RFID chips by October 2006. While some believe this is a step forward, there are major privacy and security issues with the wireless technology."

2 of 309 comments (clear)

  1. Re:If only they listened... by symbolic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's more about the spineless, dependent wussbags who keep voting these morons into office. They dare not bite the hand the feeds them, and that is ALWAYS a problem with large government the spending programs that always ensue.

  2. smart bombs by lazarus+corporation · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this should make it easier for terrorists to target Americans - just put a little wireless device on the bomb to scan for genuine RFID-passport-carrying US tourists before detonating...

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    the lazarus corporation