The head of the Government agency tasked with producing the cards said there were no "technical obstacles" to adding chips to the cards and handing out pin numbers.
James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service said adding chips might allow the cards to be used in ATM machines in the future.
Officials are also looking at chip and pin as a possible way to help combat online fraud and help protect internet shoppers.
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Two points here
1. Card fraud has increased by 50% since chip and pin was introduced on cash and debit/credit cards showing that they are NOT safe. But they know this and then when ID fraud has risen to such levels that the public are demanding something be done then number 2 comes into play.
2. Just one more step to having chips in your body, see how they are linking up ATM's and ID cards?
WAKE UP!
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