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New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.

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    berkeley2 months, 1 week ago

    another good look at ID cards:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/06/hitechcrime.terrorism

    who is being protected?

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      Llyann2 months ago

      As if the fact that this is a blatant excuse to implant rfids isn't enough (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091500923.html), the anti reproduction aspects of these chips are basically negligible. Ah, implants. Making me feel safer from The System every day...

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        jordan112 months ago

        Clowns. We have clowns in charge of 'security.'

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