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Do all new passports have the tracking chips?

Kenbo: I heard this rumor that they are putting tracking chips in passports. If so, who is doing it?

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2 years ago

Passport Chip

Passport Chip

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  • bobbonew
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  • -  (2 years ago)

I seriously heard this was going to happen YEARS ago, I would be surprised if they all didn't.

I am fairly sure that all of them within the last few years have the chip, so yes.

Well, they say they have this in all of the more recent passports. But I have never taken the time to look. I think that if I went and pulled apart my passport to verify, then it would no longer be a valid passport.

Who else? The government. How it will help with terrorism is unknown, but it will make tracking us easier.

 

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