On 12/22/06, Cayenne-uk <cayenneuk@???> wrote:
> I have had a few conversations with some members about the security of
> e-passports, which use RFID to make them readable. It happens that BBC's
> Click programme ran a feature about this. The links is below, but move fast
> because that particular programme will only be available until Sat night (I
> think!)
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/
>
> Kelvin
>
>
The Guardian ran this very story [1] last month. They had found an
'expert' who knew how to replicate the passports with a simple laptop,
with a picture of him running a version of ubuntu with a python script
that he'd written to do the job.
Adam
[1]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,,1950226,00.html
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