New Computer-Chip British Passports Hacked....easily

[AnnInLa]

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Today, some three million such passports have been issued, and they don't look so secure. I am sitting with my scary computer man and we have just sucked out all the supposedly secure data and biometric information from three new passports and displayed it all on a laptop computer.

The UK Identity and Passport Service website says the new documents are protected by "an advanced digital encryption technique". So how come we have the information? What could criminals or terrorists do with it? And what could it mean for the passports and the ID cards that are meant to follow?

whole article very interesting and relevant for the upcoming American passports:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,,1950226,00.html

[renate]

1. yay security!

Jolly good show, UK Identity and Passport Service! Well done! Oh wait... no.

[Divernan]

2. My old fashioned passport is good for another 4 years.

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