Comments on: U.S. RFID passports now arriving http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/#comment-10759 Michael Hampton Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:35:32 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/#comment-10759 Passports with RFID will have a symbol on the outside cover indicating that an RFID chip is embedded, as well as a machine-readable barcode inside. Passports with RFID will have a symbol on the outside cover indicating that an RFID chip is embedded, as well as a machine-readable barcode inside.

]]> By: Richard http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/#comment-10757 Richard Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:11:15 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/#comment-10757 I ordered my passport a week before this post, and it just came in yesterday from Chicago, having been issued on September 1. Is there a way to determine if it contains an RFID chip? I ordered my passport a week before this post, and it just came in yesterday from Chicago, having been issued on September 1. Is there a way to determine if it contains an RFID chip?

]]> By: Richard http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/#comment-10758 Richard Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:39:36 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/08/15/us-rfid-passports-now-arriving/#comment-10758 In answer to my own question: the <a href="http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_2788.html" rel="nofollow">'e-Passports'</a> can be identified by their patriotic quotes and images, and the RFID chip is apparently <a href="http://travel.state.gov/images/insideback_desc.jpg" rel="nofollow">visible</a> on the inside back cover. In answer to my own question: the ‘e-Passports’ can be identified by their patriotic quotes and images, and the RFID chip is apparently visible on the inside back cover.

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