I’ve been known to say that various things are the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, so much so that it’s a bit of a joke because the term has such little meaning anymore.  However.

The dumbest thing I’ve ever heard is that passports will be shipping with RFID emitters, broadcasting information out instead of passively containing information to be read.  Offhand I cannot think of a more shockingly bad misuse of technology, a glaring oversight that should be plainly obvious to any observer.

The dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, coming soon to a pocket near you.