Feeling safer after eight years of the Bush administration’s paranoid and insane attempts at making life in America safer? Well don’t. Perhaps you’ve seen the 2006 “Prank the Virginia DMV” clips on YouTube, in which two wild and crazy guys dress up in absurd outfits (like the cartoonish Asian pictured here) and proceed to secure legitimate Virginia driver’s licenses. Don’t forget, it was the Virginia DMV that issued ID’s to several of the 9/11 hijackers. Well now, to add to all the TSA woes we’re familiar with (which I’ve touched on here), a San Francisco white hat hacker has demonstrated just how easy it is to extract identity info from those RFID passports that were supposed to enhance our security. In spite of acknowledged flaws with RFID, the US State Dept. has moved ahead with the technology. For a humorous twist on RFID, see this article about tracking dementia with RFID technology that uses a photo of John McCain with absolutely no explanation.