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Wrapping passports in foil to stop hackers: new travel trend goes viral

Summary by Euronews
An unusual travel trend is causing a stir online: more and more holidaymakers are wrapping their passports in aluminium foil, clogging up passport control.

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The practice is based on the fear that hackers could "read" sensitive information wirelessly The post The new travel trend: They put aluminum foil on passports - What's the reason appeared first on in.gr.

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The videos of travellers are multiplying by wrapping the passport in aluminium paper, in a trend that the strength of social networks is growing. Understands the reason and makes sense. As is the case of our day, trends arise on social networks, especially in TikTok. The latest, also disseminated in Reddit and [...]

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A strange travel habit is making the rounds on TikTok, Reddit, and travel forums: some tourists wrap their passports in aluminum foil.

A trend that is circulating among travellers leads some people to involve the passport in aluminum paper before saving it.

Although aluminum foil is supposed to serve as a makeshift barrier against radio waves, experts therefore consider this protective measure redundant and useless.

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Euronews broke the news in Lyon, France on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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