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Hackers Clone E-Passport

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thank-heavens-for-black-hat dept.

mrops writes "I guess the skeptical Slashdot community always knew that e-passports are a big waste of time and money; now German security consultants have been able to successfully clone e-passports, even onto building access cards. FTA: '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.'"

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  1. RFID is the latest buzz. by Skynet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if we could only enabled these RFID passports to download XML via SOAP on a Web 2.0 platform with XmlHttpRequest, Ruby on Rails would finally take off.

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  2. Re:I've got one by hkgroove · · Score: 4, Funny
    Seriously, how the hell is this allowed to happen??
    The boxes told them they were lost.
  3. Re:They don't want Americans traveling abroad by el_womble · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trust me. Foreigners don't need RFID to spot an American from 100 meters :)

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