[drivebybiped @ Aug 18th 2006 4:43PM]

while you're right that they're often low tech in nature they are also often highly innovative with that low tech. People I've spoken with from Iraq in particular mentioned their use of the garage door triggers (the thing that keeps it from crushing you if you stand underneath it while closing) and linking that to a bomb. Low tech, but an innovative use of it. and with the push for RFIDs to become ubiquitous I don't think it will take too long for the tech to become readily available. But right now this seems like hype until a better proof of concept is displayed that can tell the difference between an American passport and someone else (also, what if the country whose citizens an attacker wants to target doesn't use RFIDs, what then?) Maybe in 10 years...maybe.