"Researchers at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas earlier this month showed how RFID tags could be read and copied to a smart card, which in turn could be used to make a fake passport. Such issues could pose massive security risks"

Hello! Is this thing on? Which part of that statement don't these brainiacs don't understand? When will the general public get outraged enough to put a stop to this type irresponsible behavior? Hey! I know...if we wrap the passports in duct tape and plastic sheeting that should slow down any potential risk!

OMG. You Americans are being tagged like sheep...SCAAAAARY!

I agree with Journeyman WebGizmos.I don't agree with Citizen SirSmiley.I do agree with cybermessiah and I do agree with Septimus. One,Uncle Sam will do and say whatever it takes to do his own thing.If there are bucks involved you can bet your ass he will. Criminals don't care about cost, if it is worth it to them as is so often the case, they'll do it, simple as that.Uncle Sam says a whole helluva lot but, when push comes to shove, how many times has he been so wrong and how many people are going to be hurt needlessly. His track record speaks for itself.Want proof, read the paper or check out the histories. Even Uncle Sam can not argue with a matter of public knowledge. Sign me disgusted.

They talked about the national identity card here in Canada but, it looks like it may violate the Charter of Rights & Freedoms. I have no problem with biometrics and my eye is scanned everytime I enter the US anyway...although it is flawed too.

They talked about the national identity card here in Canada but, it looks like it may violate the Charter of Rights & Freedoms.

Here in Oz our rights and freedoms are being eroded on a daily basis....so in the end, the Oz Gov't be be able to rightfully argue that such measures do not infringe upon human rights, cos there are none....

The basic rights and conditions of Oz workers have been nullified by new industrial legislation. In fact, because they were invited by the gov't and big business, we have imported migrant workers who have better conditions/rights than our own, so-say because they're strangers in a foreign land and therefore should be given special consideration. That sucks, particularly when we have so many unemployed Aussies, yet the migrant workers continue to stream in. How times have changed! I was a migrant here 35/6 years ago...and I was given bugger all, special considerations or otherwise.

The legislation regarding families has been amended, repealed and pulled apart every which way including loose to deny parents their parental rights and responsibilities. In essence, then, we have government encouraging and assisting kids as young as 10 to divorce their parents and run away from home so they can do as they please. It's downright criminal what they've done to betray a whole generation of kids and their parents, but still they sit in their ivory towers ignoring the chaos and devastation they've created.

It's not law as yet, but we are now being told that we must not smoke in our own homes if we have children. The same consideration, I've heard, is being given to in-home alcohol consumption. To prevent a future generation of alcoholics? What's next....having to send our kids over to friends houses if we want to make love, just in case they listen or walk in and learn about the birds and bees?

So but how long before will it become LAW...gov'ts telling us what we can and can't do in our own homes? The day when a man's home was his castle will soon have gone the way of the wild frontier. The way I see it, we're being over-controlled more each day and under-governed by the hour....meaning that governments are constantly seeking ways to withdraw more and more services we really need for ones we don't, would rather not have.