Apart from the ‘Big Brother’ aspect, some cards and passports using RFID chips are open to electronic snooping, copying and data theft. When the Czech Republic introduced a new generation of passport incorporating RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology back in September 2006, privacy advocacy groups opposed to the “biometric” personal identification systems screamed bloody murder.

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