Originally Posted by
catocony
The first thing I did after I got home with my new US passport six years ago was to take a hammer to the RFID chip. I've never had any questions about it, and it certainly does not work.
Good for you! However, if my chip is not readable on entry into the US I cannot travel visa free. So keeping a passport with a duff chip is really not an option for me.
Also, I like skipping the lines at the London airports (like the difference between having global entry and not).
DanishFlyer