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RFID passports are insecure Posted on: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:53:54 -0400

http://news.com.com/Researchers+E-passports+pose+security+risk/2100-7349_3-6102608.html?tag=nefd.top

-passports can easily and inexpensively be cloned.
-bombs at foreign airports could be set to detonate when a US passports
passes near them
-Chaos Computer Club recommends you microwave your passport to kill the
RFID chip.

US to start issuing RFID equipped passports in October 2007. Germany has
already begun to issue them.