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Originally Posted by ewave View Post
See what happens if you put it in the microwave oven for a few seconds.
Paranoid are we?

According to Wired:

"But be careful – tampering with a passport is punishable by 25 years in prison . . . Forget about nuking it in the microwave – the chip could burst into flames, leaving telltale scorch marks. Besides, have you ever smelled burnt passport? . . . 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."

But some of us actually want to pass through immigration without problems & as fast as possible.

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