They aren't and they won't be. I've provided several links that show the actual, *existing* implementation that's now operating.
How would you attach a visa or border control stamp? How then can an Iraqi border control tell that you've visited Isreal 45 times in the past 5 years? How then could US Customs tell that you've made a "informal" visits to Burma and Cambodia before returning home?
The data zone of pbuttports is still readable by humans even if the pbuttport has been put through a washing machine (or microwave :-)). The MRZ is mostly readable by machines as well.
No plastic to speak of; other than a few um which won't prevent even a few hundred volts from damaging the device.
Anyway; evidence of damage doesn't indicate that there was intent to damage.
Fallacy. Dues can indicate a mode of damage; not tampering.
Lots of things could be done. The value of the RFID must be *extremely* high to warrant such protection. You appear to value it like the family silverware when its true value is closer to that of a disposable plastic spoon.
The Euro has more day-to-day users.
OT RFID chips in pbuttports next year 3016Yes,you're right here,AUS pbuttports are evidently paper. That may be why they have a short "life". I note that pbuttports can have "detachable" pages for countries like...
Gamblers and drug dealers use USD. :-)
Closer scrutiny if RFID fails is a flawed security practice. RFID is notionally an *additional* security element to *aid* in validating the *document's* authenticity.
ICAO recommended workflow for processing pbuttports provides a fall-back to manual processing if RFID fails. -- "Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia ASCII ribbon campaign Economist E*con"o*mist-, n. X against HTML mail One with a ready explanation as to why and postings his last prediction was so wrong
