Do I Have An RFID Passport?
Nov 27, 2006, 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Landing Gear
I just picked up my new U.S. passport.
How can I tell if it has an RFID chip?
How can I tell if it has an RFID chip?
http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001003.html
Nov 27, 2006, 12:18 pm
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This thread just cleared up a mystery for me. A friend of my showed me his new ultra secure passport shield that blocked "scanning" that was highly recommended to him before his trip to China.
I thought he was nuts and was just a step away from showing up with an aluminum foil cone on his head to thwart those pesky CIA mind probes. LOL.
Now, at least, I know my friend isnt losing it.
If anyone is interested in the passport shield, let me know and Ill ask him where he got it.
I thought he was nuts and was just a step away from showing up with an aluminum foil cone on his head to thwart those pesky CIA mind probes. LOL.
Now, at least, I know my friend isnt losing it.
If anyone is interested in the passport shield, let me know and Ill ask him where he got it.
Nov 27, 2006, 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by muddy
This thread just cleared up a mystery for me. A friend of my showed me his new ultra secure passport shield that blocked "scanning" that was highly recommended to him before his trip to China.
I thought he was nuts and was just a step away from showing up with an aluminum foil cone on his head to thwart those pesky CIA mind probes. LOL.
Now, at least, I know my friend isnt losing it.
If anyone is interested in the passport shield, let me know and Ill ask him where he got it.
I thought he was nuts and was just a step away from showing up with an aluminum foil cone on his head to thwart those pesky CIA mind probes. LOL.
Now, at least, I know my friend isnt losing it.
If anyone is interested in the passport shield, let me know and Ill ask him where he got it.
Nov 27, 2006, 1:57 pm
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Originally Posted by amejr999
Good to know that NYC is still giving out the old one- my application is pending and I'm hoping to not get the new version.
Nov 27, 2006, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by mikey1003
I believe that you need to totally encase your body in aluminium foil for this to work.
Although I wasn't a fan of RFID chips in US passports and am still not, I had thought the "passport shields" were a bit of a waste at this stage ... but that was until I found out that organized criminal gangs operating most meaningfully out of DXB, KHI and BOM were looking to acquire readers and get them delivered around Asia and Europe for what are presumably nefarious purposes.
Nov 27, 2006, 2:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Landing Gear
I have to honestly tell you that I do not know which Passport Agency office issued my passport as I used an expediting company.
The Denver passport facility is the only one that is closest to 100% RFID-implementation.
Nov 27, 2006, 2:21 pm
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My passport was set to expire in 2008, and I decided to renew now and get not only a better picture, but a non-RFID model.
On the advice of a Seattle passport agency employee, rather than gin up a reason and pay extra to have mine issued in person as recommended here:
http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001060.html
...I just sent mine in a couple of weeks ago to the national passport center address for renewals.
He said that at the national centers, they were only issuing something on the order of one of every hundred as RFID at this point, as the production lines weren't up to speed.
In my letter requesting a 48 page model, I also requested a non-RFID, just in case someone would take note of that.
On the advice of a Seattle passport agency employee, rather than gin up a reason and pay extra to have mine issued in person as recommended here:
http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001060.html
...I just sent mine in a couple of weeks ago to the national passport center address for renewals.
He said that at the national centers, they were only issuing something on the order of one of every hundred as RFID at this point, as the production lines weren't up to speed.
In my letter requesting a 48 page model, I also requested a non-RFID, just in case someone would take note of that.
Nov 27, 2006, 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Landing Gear
"United States Department of State."
Nov 27, 2006, 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by DCA-SEA
My passport was set to expire in 2008, and I decided to renew now and get not only a better picture, but a non-RFID model.
On the advice of a Seattle passport agency employee, rather than gin up a reason and pay extra to have mine issued in person as recommended here:
http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001060.html
...I just sent mine in a couple of weeks ago to the national passport center address for renewals.
He said that at the national centers, they were only issuing something on the order of one of every hundred as RFID at this point, as the production lines weren't up to speed.
In my letter requesting a 48 page model, I also requested a non-RFID, just in case someone would take note of that.
On the advice of a Seattle passport agency employee, rather than gin up a reason and pay extra to have mine issued in person as recommended here:
http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001060.html
...I just sent mine in a couple of weeks ago to the national passport center address for renewals.
He said that at the national centers, they were only issuing something on the order of one of every hundred as RFID at this point, as the production lines weren't up to speed.
In my letter requesting a 48 page model, I also requested a non-RFID, just in case someone would take note of that.
Nov 27, 2006, 2:57 pm
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Originally Posted by muddy
This thread just cleared up a mystery for me. A friend of my showed me his new ultra secure passport shield that blocked "scanning" that was highly recommended to him before his trip to China.
I thought he was nuts and was just a step away from showing up with an aluminum foil cone on his head to thwart those pesky CIA mind probes. LOL.
Now, at least, I know my friend isnt losing it.
If anyone is interested in the passport shield, let me know and Ill ask him where he got it.
I thought he was nuts and was just a step away from showing up with an aluminum foil cone on his head to thwart those pesky CIA mind probes. LOL.
Now, at least, I know my friend isnt losing it.
If anyone is interested in the passport shield, let me know and Ill ask him where he got it.