Beginning January 1 all United States publish passports will include a little RFID chip that has all of your delicious entropy engraft . The passports with order RFID chips are clear marked on the front , and the RFID chip is in the back . There is only one fool - proof method to destroying the RFID chip to forbid those RFID - hacking hobo from taking your selective information : bash in the chip with a hammer . This is really the only method acting that wo n’t demolish the repose of the recommendation . Some of the other methods that emphatically wo n’t bring include laundry , microwaving or stuffing the passport down your pants ( sorry , Jason , RFID signal imbue the pants ) .
Oh , I forgot to observe : tampering with a passport is punishable up to 25 years in prison , so proceed with your own risk .
How To : disenable Your Passport ’s RFID Chip[Wired ]
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