] In order to make RFID technology safer, the State
] Department claims to be planning two things. First, they
] say will put a metallic lining inside RFID passport
] covers -- a tinfoil hat, so to speak -- to prevent the
] passport from being snooped when closed. In addition,
] they claim the RFID chip itself will be encrypted so that
] it cannot be read when the passport is open: the chip
] will only broadcast your personal information once it's
] been swiped through an optical reader.

[ They did exactly what we all thought of. This site is pretty sensational, but still, more than anything this whole debacle is fucking pointless. Even if storing electronic data is necessary, why aren't we using smartcard contact chips again? Oh, yeah, lobbies. Crap. -k]