Thursday, December 28, 2006

How to disable your new, RFID-laden US passport

From Boing Boing via Wired:
Smash the crap out of it with a hammer. No, seriously. Snip from Wired Magazine tutorial:
All passports issued by the U.S. State Department after January 1 will have always-on radio frequency identification chips, making it easy for officials – and hackers – to grab your personal stats. Getting paranoid about strangers slurping up your identity? Here’s what you can do about it. But be careful – tampering with a passport is punishable by 25 years in prison. Not to mention the “special” customs search, with rubber gloves. Bon voyage!

No comments:

Post a Comment

Tell us what is right or wrong about this article. Fix the blog, set the record straight with your perspective. free103point9 wants to hear alternate opinions posted here. No profanity, please.