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minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoThere’s an rfid chip in EU passports
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI had to verify my identity with a UK government app recently, and the app scanned my passport’s RFID!
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMy bank did the same thing, I felt like a fucking techno-wizard for a bit.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDoes it? The IDs have one, but the passports are also still booklets, aren’t they? But then if you stay within the Schengen area, the ID is enough anyways. I even been to the UK once with just my ID. Before Brexit ofc.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orgcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe plastic page in the booklet has a chip which stores your info including fingerprints
There’s an rfid chip in EU passports
And Canadian passports
And US passports.
I had to verify my identity with a UK government app recently, and the app scanned my passport’s RFID!
My bank did the same thing, I felt like a fucking techno-wizard for a bit.
Does it? The IDs have one, but the passports are also still booklets, aren’t they? But then if you stay within the Schengen area, the ID is enough anyways. I even been to the UK once with just my ID. Before Brexit ofc.
The plastic page in the booklet has a chip which stores your info including fingerprints