Ok, I read the above article. It said no personal information can be gathered from the RFID, just a number. So ok, the number can be used to forge things just like your SS# can be used without your name, and a DL# can be used without your name or address. My new passport card (the size of a credit card) came with a protective envelope that stops anyone from reading anything off it at all according to the article.

So the big deal is to keep the passport card in it's protected sleeve and keep a new passport in a protective pouch. It's to late to stop the march of technology.