We’ve had our fair share of RFID passport hype over here in the UK – you know the stuff, how it’s safe, secure, necessary and so on. Well, we can scratch safe and secure off the list, just as predicted by any number of security tech experts. A journalist and his 1337 h4Xx0r contact managed to strip out all the personal data contained on a UK passport chip, in a mere 48 hours starting from scratch – time to stock up on tin foil.