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Old 07-25-2010, 12:12 AM   #12
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I think the point of concern here lies with the fact that with all of the RFID chips in your new documents, and those RFID readers in use in the stores, in the hands of any unscrupulous people, they may be used to access documents on your person.

There is also concern that chips hidden in items such as TV boxes would literally transmit "I JUST BOUGHT THE MAC DADDY BIG SCREEN!" to anyone cruising the hood with a scanner.
To be fair, how often do you carry your passport to Wal-Mart? Or any other sensitive documents with RFID chips in them? I can think of two times, but both were in Beijing. In the US... not so much.

Hell, I'd be surprised if more than 15% of Wal-Mart shoppers had a passport to worry about.
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