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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
Why do you assume I'm being difficult? I don't like any type of encoding on my document...I don't want my movements tracked or encoded on my passport. There is nothing difficult about it - it's either valid or invalid.

When I get a passport with a RFID chip, rest assured I will destroy the chip inside and make it unusable.
Do you really think that they can't just use the machine-readable bit of your PRC to track your movements? Or that they can't type in your passport number?

You do understand that their typing in your passport number gives them EXACTLY the same info as the machine readable bit and almost exactly the same info as RFID, right? It just means they have to do more work in typing it, wasting your time as much as theirs...also, everyone else has normal passports, why do you need to be special? That's called being difficult. Not to mention non-sensical.
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