What kind of information is stored on the biometric chip embedded within my US passport?
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Your home address, your current location, your last 46 purchases, your weight and sexual preference. Your height and weight are recorded to it each time you carry it in a vehicle with Onstar. At last reading, you were 6'2, and had gained 3 lbs. Time to lay off of the poutine. Or, it has your name, ssn, place of birth, address... Basically the same info that is printed on the pages of your passport. You pick. :)
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Biometrics are the use of biological traits to identify an individual. Likely, your fingerprint or handprint are part of it.
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Whatever biometric data that was taken when you applied is on the chip: photograph, fingerprints (10-print slap, rolls), retinal scan. When the chip is scanned the information on the chip is compared to the information in the passport (and possibly to you if you're scanned as you go through security) to make sure it's you and your passport.
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