Comments on: Protect Your National Identity http://www.joelschalit.com/2008/01/10/protect-your-national-identity/ Commentary and Criticism by Joel Schalit Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joel http://www.joelschalit.com/2008/01/10/protect-your-national-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Joel Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.joelschalit.com/2008/01/10/protect-your-national-identity/#comment-274 <p>Hah. I love the ...R US imagery. This pic was taken at Walgreens. Before she snapped it, Jennifer joked that the Feds had granted a license to the chain to set up a number of Ellis Island franchises.</p> Hah. I love the …R US imagery. This pic was taken at Walgreens. Before she snapped it, Jennifer joked that the Feds had granted a license to the chain to set up a number of Ellis Island franchises.

]]> By: vance http://www.joelschalit.com/2008/01/10/protect-your-national-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-275 vance Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:09:21 +0000 http://www.joelschalit.com/2008/01/10/protect-your-national-identity/#comment-275 <p>Heh - If you have one of the new US passports with the RFID tag in it, you might not be ABLE to damage it in the wash. It looks like it would take precision guided munitions to dent this thing. The cover must be 1/8" thick. Perhaps it's made to supplement body armor....Might come in handy nowadays. I can see it now "tourist saved from blast by new improved US passport. Stock in government contractor "PASSPORTS R US" skyrockets. </p> <p>But, like so many American made security items the reliance on high tech (installing a chip) may be it's undoing...I wonder how little it will take to damage one of these chips...not that I have any desire to try...</p> Heh – If you have one of the new US passports with the RFID tag in it, you might not be ABLE to damage it in the wash. It looks like it would take precision guided munitions to dent this thing. The cover must be 1/8″ thick. Perhaps it’s made to supplement body armor….Might come in handy nowadays. I can see it now “tourist saved from blast by new improved US passport. Stock in government contractor “PASSPORTS R US” skyrockets.

But, like so many American made security items the reliance on high tech (installing a chip) may be it’s undoing…I wonder how little it will take to damage one of these chips…not that I have any desire to try…

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