[pct-l] Southbound Questions

[Tortoise]

I seem to recall that there are protecive sleeves for your passport, DL, 
whatever that prevents those chips from bein read.  I think the sleeves 
are lined with metal foil which absorbs the RF and doesn't allow the 
RFID chip to respond.  Maybe just wrapping your passport in aluminum 
foil while you are worried about it being read would do the trick.

I with a little forethought got my current passport before the US 
finally started issuing the RFID ones. I've also read that the security 
of the new chips is easily cracked. Another reason to carry your 
passport in a sleeve.

This is only my 1¢ worth  -- probably not even worth 2¢.

Tortoise

Because truth matters"



Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com wrote:
> It's all become rather jackbooted, hasn't it? Whatever you've heard,  
> it is true.
>
> I carried my chip with me the entire way. If there were transmission  
> signals along the way, they knew.
>
> I'm just awaiting the day when they turn my chip off for not fitting  
> in, for being hiker trash instead of a dutiful consumer wage slave...
>
> Diane
>
> O