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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:02:08 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
"The passport's critical information is both printed on the data page
of the passport and stored in the chip."

So nothing "extra". The data concerned is required at check-in by
numerous foreign hotels, so is in effect public information.

I never said it was anything extra. But you don't normally leave your
passport open on the details page and let strangers photocopy it which
is the equivalent of what the RFID allows.

You've obviously never stayed in a hotel outside the EU (or even in a hotel
in one of several EU countries)

tim