RFID in your passport could set you up for “skimming.” First there was scamming, then phishing, spyware, and now skimming, which is using a RFID reader to capture information off or RFID chips without authorization. EFF at its Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference has gotten the government’s attention and proposed a “fix” so you and your passport won’t be broadcasting your vitals as you travel the world. Wired News: Feds Rethinking RFID Passport

Not up on RFID? Radio frequency identification device (or something close to that) is a topic I have been following for several years from when “dogtags” and bracelets with RFID chips were introduced for kids at school in Disney’s Celebration city. I posted a picture of the first one I found in my pants (literally) when I bought them from J. Crew, and I discussed the impact that Wal-Mart’s edict requiring RFID tags on all merchandize will have on moving RFID to ubiquitous technology. You can search the current buzz archives for “RFID” to check out these stories.