An adult male by the name of Chris Paget drove the streets of San Francisco, California with the only objective of reading identity cards of mere strangers, wirelessly, and he never had to leave his car.

This process only took him 20 minutes to complete in his ultimate goal of accomplishing the hacker’s dream.

He passed Fisherman’s Wharf in haste, while at the same time his scanner was downloading unique serial numbers of two nearby pedestrians’ electronic U.S. passport cards.  The passports were integrated with radio frequency identification, also known as RFID tags.  In only 60 minutes, he was able to skim four more of the micro chipped, new PASS cards from only 20 feet radius.

Unfortunately, it seems that government officials are supporting chip identity by promoting the chipping of identity documents using 21^st century practical application of information which in turn, hastens the border crossing by illegal, precautions credentials against counterfeiters, and also keeps many terrorists from sneaking in the US.

Privacy advocates have feared for years the results of Paget’s experiment.  This fear is the RFID along with other technologies being able to make citizens traceable without them even being conscious of what is happening.

The film of Paget’s experiment has been all over the worldwide web causing much controversy over should the government, federal and state to implement these tracking technologies in identity documents.

If everyone were to carry an RFID in their pocket this would allow people to beep on someone else’s radar screen which would then put a new meaning on official snooping.

There are so many tracking technologies being released at a fast pace which prove how it will not be too long before the government will be able to identify anyone quickly, around the clock.

It is now compulsory for Americans who enter the US to have identity documents which are embedded with RFID tags even though the conventional passports are still valid until they reach expiration.

Now accessible is a chipped “e-passport” along with the new PASS credit card sized card which bears the digital photograph and a chip that can be scanned from 30 feet.

Travelers can also use driver’s licenses embedded with RFID tags which are issued from border states such as Vermont, Washington, Michigan and New York.

The RFID is not mean’t to identify people but rather for verification that identification documents have valid information of that particular person.

The downfall of the RFID tagged identities is the fact that this will enable identity thieves to commit many crimes against victims who are totally unaware it’s happening.  These RFID’s cause attacks from hackers, terrorists and identity thieves.

The real question, should biometrics be coupled with RFID?  Mike Lerner, a spokesman for Constitutional Alliance says “governments will have, for the first time in history, the means to identify, monitor and track citizens anywhere in the world in real time.”