Unfortunately, the wrangle between the UCI and ASO means that passport information will not be used in this year's Tour.

ECONOMIST: The Tour de France is hoping to beat the drug cheats

The airline is expanding its new system to its stations in New Zealand, which will be the first to incorporate passport information.

WSJ: Flying Through the Airport

Besides the obvious paper-saving measures, iTravel could help skip key parts of the airport security line by providing passport information, a fingerprint or anything else screeners might want to see while we'd otherwise be juggling our suitcases.

ENGADGET: Apple nabs patent for NFC-based travel check-in, doesn't quell NFC iPhone rumors just yet

But Passport, which stores personal information on Microsoft's servers, still lets customers use wildly insecure passwords like "password, " and lets anyone who knows your zip code take several cracks at guessing the personal "secret question" that resets the password.

FORBES: Can You Trust Your Computer?

Click it and you are urged to sign up for Passport, a key repository of personal information used by Microsoft's Hailstorm Web-based services.

FORBES: Will History Repeat Itself?

Next up are more robust powers to exchange information with the Immigration Service and the Passport Office.

ECONOMIST: Benefits fraud

"Never disclose sensitive details such as your social security number, passport or driver's license numbers, bank account information to prospective employers until you have established they are legitimate, " said the firm.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Monster attack steals user data