Sunday, August 06, 2006

Expert Issues Warning About E-Passports

Electronic passports being introduced in the U.S. and other countries have a major vulnerability that could allow criminals to clone embedded secret code and enter countries illegally, an expert warned.A demonstration late Friday by German computer security expert Lukas Grunwald showed how personal information stored on the documents could be copied and transferred to another device.
“Expert Warns That Electronic Passport Flaw Could Allow Criminals to Enter Countries Illegally”
Well you can still copy paper passport and anyone can take advantage of some ones passport and take their picture on some ones passport.Do you guys think that security will be tighter if US. Introduce the electronic passports than regular passports?

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