How to Protect Your RFID Enabled Passport

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Determine if your passport has an RFID chip in it.

   If on the cover there is a rectangle with a circle and a line through it, then it definitely contains an RFID chip and can be read from a distance.
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   Step 2: Decide if you want to merely be passively cautious

   , However, it does no good if it is open.
   
   If you carry your passport around loosely in your purse, make sure you store it so that it is closed.
   
   Even a slightly opened passport increases the ability to have its chip read.
   
   When carrying your passport in your pocket, make sure it is closed , This works just fine, but is not convenient and quite unsightly , If you can determine exactly where the chip is, a sharp blow of a hammer will disable it
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   Step 3: actively protect your data

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   Step 4: or permanently disable the RFID chip in your passport.

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   Step 5: If you want to be cautious: The passport cover will provide some shielding to the RFID chip inside.

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   Step 6: If you want to actively protect our data: Get a shielded case for your passport and use it actively whenever you travel with your passport Alternatively

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   Step 7: you can wrap your passport in aluminum foil.

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   Step 8: If you want to disable it permanently: Microwave your passport for a couple seconds - this will fry the chip.

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