http://www.52techtips.com/blog Tips about all sorts of technology! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:57:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.52techtips.com/blog/2009/08/21/passport-security/ http://www.52techtips.com/blog/2009/08/21/passport-security/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:30:48 +0000 john http://www.52techtips.com/blog/?p=521 Why am I writing about passports on a tech site? Because they are now being made with RFID chips inside. Turns out my passport will expire in the coming months and while I was researching what is needed to renew mine, I also heard a great tip while listening to Security Now! with Steve Gibson. He mentioned in a recent episode that passports are now being made with RFID chips and that this creates a possible security threat. All it would take is for someone to get close enough to you / your passport and with a quick swipe of an RFID reader they would have your information. They immediately know if you are U.S. citizen or not. I don’t want to imagine the possibilities the criminals may come up with to use my information while I’m traveling so I am going to pick up a RFID Blocking Passport Billfold from ThinkGeek.com as soon as they’re back in stock.

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