RFID Passports Still Broken – Only Faster Now
Wireless data is easy to steal. Why did we put it on our passports again?
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Schneier links to an article about RFID passports being cloned in under 5 minutes. The authorities have stopped denying it's possible and have shifted to denying that it can be used for any nefarious purposes.
The UK Home Office however dismissed the ability to get hold of the information on the chip. A spokesman said: "It is hard to see why anyone would want to access the information on the chip. " Other than the photograph, which could be obtained easily by other means, they would gain no information that they did not already have - so the whole exercise would be pointless: the only information stored on the ePassport chip is the basic information you can see on the personal details page."Well, it sure is hard to see why anyone would want to see someone's credit report, criminal history, medical information, social security card, birth certificate… Are these people for real?
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[…] I highly doubt any card they create will be that secure. Look that the complete failure of the new RFID passports for instance. […]