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This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.
Filed under 'passport'
➠ April 16, 2007
➠ November 16, 2006
Cracked it! | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
FFS. Detailed explanation of the how’s and why’s of reading/cloning a UK RFID-chipped passport — which don’t even have the tinfoil protective cover that US passports will. “‘This doesn’t matter,’ says a Home Office spokesman.”
➠ August 13, 2006
US to launch RFID passports on Monday
Joy’s new passport arrived yesterday (Yes, for our international travel on Friday. We Begbies are noted for our inability to have our passports ready far in advance of travel). Luckily, this means she’s avoiding the RFID nightmare for ten years.
➠ April 20, 2006
renew for freedom - MAY 2006 - renew your passport
British citizens — Renew your passport in May to guarantee yourself ten years before being forced onto the National ID database.
➠ October 8, 2004
Passport Control
If they're going to insist on taking photos of every non-merkin to enter the US, then I'm gonna take a photo of them!
About This Site
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.