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A data security expert has shown smart tagged passports to be a threat to privacy.

In a matter of minutes Adam Laurie demonstrates how easy it is to breach the passports' smart tag - a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip embedded in the document - and get its information without opening it.

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Dur: 2 mins 35 secs