texascity Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 three million UK citizens have been issued with the new ultra-secure passports, which incorporate microchips to store the holder's details and biometrics. the chip was not encrypted but to get to it you had to start up an encrypted conversation between the reader and the RFID chip in the passport. To do that all you need is the numbers which are printed on the passport. Then it took Laurie 48 hours write some code to make some sense of the data. if you can read the chip, you can also clone it. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35815 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Nice, mine cost me 2,000 baht more than the old one too...good to know it was all worth it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 anything that is made with a chip can be hacked , especially if there is big money in it like passport fraud , Only an idiot (oops government) believes the bullshit that "this is 100% secure" and then expects it to be secure for 10 years more , impossible , Glad they hacked it so quick , now everyone knows its not secure and can think of something else can you hack an "eye fingerprint" yet OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 No, but the machine that reads the iris or retina could be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 not encrypted! hahahaha! well, the article is from the inquirer! let's wait for the big news, if it is true it would be hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 There is a very large debate in Thailand along similar lines, that the new ID cards are hackable, hence they should not have been awarded to the companies that made them DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 can you hack an "eye fingerprint" yet OC Contact lenses ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 << but to get to it you had to start up an encrypted conversation between the reader and the RFID chip in the passport. >> Will Pig Latin work??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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