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Question of the Day: What is your non-negotiable item, device, or app for international travel?
'E-passports' for the US
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Smart. And they're hoping to enable cash wallets on it as well.
Hackers Clone E-Passports
LAS VEGAS -- A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the electronic passports that the United States and other countries are beginning to distribute this year.
The controversial e-passports contain radio frequency ID, or RFID, chips that the U.S. State Department and others say will help thwart document forgery. But Lukas Grunwald, a security consultant with DN-Systems in Germany and an RFID expert, says the data in the chips is easy to copy.
"The whole passport design is totally brain damaged," Grunwald says. "From my point of view all of these RFID passports are a huge waste of money. They're not increasing security at all."
Grunwald plans to demonstrate the cloning technique Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71521-0.html
LAS VEGAS -- A German computer security consultant has shown that he can clone the electronic passports that the United States and other countries are beginning to distribute this year.
The controversial e-passports contain radio frequency ID, or RFID, chips that the U.S. State Department and others say will help thwart document forgery. But Lukas Grunwald, a security consultant with DN-Systems in Germany and an RFID expert, says the data in the chips is easy to copy.
"The whole passport design is totally brain damaged," Grunwald says. "From my point of view all of these RFID passports are a huge waste of money. They're not increasing security at all."
Grunwald plans to demonstrate the cloning technique Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71521-0.html
I attended the conference last year that Philips presented with their products, especially the e-passport. I have had a small hand in some of the development of this technology in this country.
The reality of the matter is that yes, the data can be copied, certainly not easily but nonetheless hackable by people with unlimited resources.
The primary motivation for these technologies is not to eliminate forgery, it's more the desire of governments wanting to know every move their subjects make, and to spy on their citizens in the name of "security" and "anti-terrorism"
For some reason we have, in power in the various governments, a bunch of people who desire to control every aspect of us. The Yanks whom I hate seem to be rubbing this off on SA govt and various others aswell.
The reality of the matter is that yes, the data can be copied, certainly not easily but nonetheless hackable by people with unlimited resources.
The primary motivation for these technologies is not to eliminate forgery, it's more the desire of governments wanting to know every move their subjects make, and to spy on their citizens in the name of "security" and "anti-terrorism"
For some reason we have, in power in the various governments, a bunch of people who desire to control every aspect of us. The Yanks whom I hate seem to be rubbing this off on SA govt and various others aswell.
stoke
Honorary Master
Yup ... you can make a small fortune selling RFID blocking passport covers.
Bring it on.
Bring it on.