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Disabling the RFID in the New U.S. Passports

Posted by Zonk on from the very-high-tech dept.

slashchuck writes "Along with the usual Jargonwatch and Wired/Tired articles, the January issue of Wired offers a drastic method for taking care of that RFID chip in your passport. They say it's legal ... if a bit blunt. From the article: 'The best approach? Hammer time. Hitting the chip with a blunt, hard object should disable it. A nonworking RFID doesn't invalidate the passport, so you can still use it.' "

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  1. Microwave Oven? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Seems to me that putting your passport in a microwave oven for 2 to 5 seconds would be enough to destroy the RFID chip without damaging the passport.

    --stj