When a passenger steps forward to get on a flight, an agent could hold up the boarding pass and passport in front of their smart glasses, scanning barcodes on the two documents simultaneously.

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That agent would have requested your legal name as it appears on your passport, as well as your date of birth.

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Late last month, an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian official met with her and asked her to pass along a fake passport to someone else, but instead Ms. Chapman brought it to New York City police and was later arrested.

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