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Customs and Border Protection officers can download and read the information on the RFID chips in U.S. passports, but they can’t authenticate it, according to a Feb. 22 letter from two senators. CBP ...

The data on the radio chips in so-called e-passports can be cloned and modified without detection, representing a gaping security hole in next-generation border control systems, according to security ...

U.S. passports have them. And these days, many more U.S. credit cards are starting to carry them, too. The tiny plastic chips embedded in passports and credit cards are primarily designed to thwart ...

The U.S. Department of State is on track to start issuing passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips next week, despite warnings from some security experts that such systems could be ...