Biometric passports cracked
The Register is reporting that the shiny new Dutch passports are flawed. These are technologically advanced passports, complete with “contactless chips” and biometric data, just the UK Government wants to implement here. And they have been hacked from over 10 m away, using flaws in the basic design of the technology.
The problem is that these chips were designed for warehouses to track stock. They were not designed for secure identity management. As a result, any security bolted on top can be bypassed, allowing total access to the stored data – including your biometrics such as fingerprints. And the Dutch Government is to “improve” security. Notice that they didn’t say “fix” the security problem!
Let’s see whether the UK Government takes any notice in its plans. My money’s on “not” 
pax et bonum
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