Passports, on the other hand, have got more expensive to cover the 
cost of adding an RF-readable chip which has the information on the
identification page stored electronically (including the photo, I 
believe).  All part of modern life!  :-)

In order to make them more insecure when attacked by those who know 
what they are doing :-(.

Also, to make the users subject to automatic remote identification by 
suitably equipped 3rd parties, who may use the information for 
whatever means they see fit. 'People' have already trigger a 
demonstration explosive device when an appropriate RFID'd passport 
came within range. Obviously this was possible and the actual 
demonstration is just a stunt to emphasise the point for those who may 
be less impressed by non-physical proofs of concept. The risk of this 
sort of use could, of course, be reduced by coding the system 
appropriately. But, it could never be eliminated. When you broadcast 
or potentially broadcast information it becomes available for exploit.




        Russell


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