Published on

22/09/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2

An unusual travel trend is attracting attention on platforms such as TikTok and Reddit as well as in travel forums: holidaymakers are wrapping their passports in aluminium foil in an effort to protect themselves from digital data theft.

The idea is driven by fears that criminals could skim sensitive information contactlessly as they walk past. Modern German travel documents contain a so-called RFID chip embedded in their integrated data card.

On German passports, the wireless chip enables, according to the Federal Office for Information Security (source in German) , fast and tamper-proof identity checks at…

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