RFID – Radio Frequency IDentification

At least I think that’s what it stands for. It’s all based on a chip that stores information and responds to radio frequencies. I’m not sure how it works (since the chip itself doesn’t seem to have any power supply), but it’s supposed to be pretty cool.

The chips are super tiny and super cheap to make, which makes them pretty useful in the real world. Retailers (like the one giant I don’t like to talk about) can use them to track inventory and employers can use them to track their employees. It’s a wonderful world.

The US government recently decided they were going to equip passports with the magical RFID chips. Some people love the thought of speeding through customs and making passports harder to fake. Some people jam radio signals and mutilate their passports to disable the chips at the thought of their vitals being accessible to anyone with an RFID reader.

I kinda like my new passport. It’s cute. I’m gonna take it to Peru.

I feel a little bit more like Jason Bourne. Who wouldn’t enjoy that?

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