Does a Passport cover protect from electronic pickpockets?
Since 2006 all new passports issued in the USA, EU and Australia plus many more countries now use biometric passports or ePassport. These passports contain all your personal data on a micro-chip and uses RFID tag technology to transmit that data.
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been adopted my many governments for the use on their passports, driver licences, citizen cards, building entry cards & security cards.