Even then, some considered passports to be an “anachronism in the modern world.” But the use of paper passports—which were first digitized as “e-Passports” with NFC chips in 2006—is ...

It's the day after Christmas and all through the house, there are piles of paper maybe as tall as your spouse. Packages and bows, there are plenty of those, but what can you do with all you accrue?

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