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British "Secure" Passports Cracked

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trust-us dept.

hard-to-get-a-nickna writes "The Guardian has cracked the so-trumpeted secure British passports after 48 hours of work: 'Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes?'"

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  1. Great articel by Mipoti+Gusundar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Really interesting me, keep up the good work, I liove this place.

    I have one doubt, what is -1 offtopic meaning?

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    1. Re:Great articel by Knuckles · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Redundant? Offtopic I can see ...

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  2. nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    suck