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> To be precise it's not our ID cards that we like to microwave but our (travel) passports. No, this article is about ID cards. The new ID cards, introduced a
by more_original 11y ago
> To be precise it's not our ID cards that we like to microwave but our (travel) passports.
No, this article is about ID cards. The new ID cards, introduced a few years ago, also have RFID chips.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_identity_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_identity_card
- ThePhysicist 11y agoI think they might have gotten it wrong in the article, since travel passports are a much bigger problem than ID cards (which also contain RFID chips), because the former contain more sensitive information. In particular, storing fingerprint information is optional (i.e. decidable by the card holder) for the ID card but mandatory for the travel passport.
- sancha_ 11y agoDon't know if he changed his comment, but your cite is missing the word 'only'.
- ThePhysicist 11y agoyeah I edited it.