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RFID Passports

Some of you have not been paying attention to the RFID passport controversy that is currently clogging some of the tubes on the Internets. Just what do you do with all that time you have on your hands?!
Well, in a nutshell the EU has been adding an RFID chip (like they use in stores to track inventory and such) into their passports. The US has just begun using this technology with all new passports they send out. The controversy centers on the fact that other people with the right technology can also read the digitized information embedded n that chip.

There is a solution, though. A new wallet is now on the market that will shield your passport and any other cards with that chip in them. A good stocking stuffer.

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