E-Passport Cloned In Five Minutes

Last month a panel of EU experts warned that the e-Passport's security is "poorly conceived", and in fact a week later a British newspaper demonstrated a crack. Now another researcher has shown how to clone a European e-Passport in under 5 minutes. A UK Home Office spokesman dismissed it all, saying "It is hard to see why anyone would want to access the information on the chip."

Comments

Re:and if your name is written on said panties

[prichardson]

If my name is written on someone else's panties, I demand to know why!

ob Simpsons:
Skinner: Oh, it's a miracle no one was hurt.
Otto: I stand on my record - fifteen crashes and not a single fatality!
Lou: Let's see your license, pal.
Otto: No can do. Never got one. But, if you need proof of my identity, I wrote my name on my underwear... Oh wait, these aren't mine!
Skinner: Well that tears it! Until you get a license and wear your own underwear, mister, you are suspended without pay!

Re:Was the Home Office spokesman an idiot?

[Dunbal]

they will now classify panty theifs as sex offenders

      Thank God stealing a bra is still ok...I was worried for a second there.

The Solution is Obvious

[serutan]

Throw the researchers in jail for showing the weakness in the system. Problem solved!

Re:Was the Home Office spokesman an idiot?

[Lord Bitman]

Those are the longest leaps of logic I've seen since "I don't know where the universe came from" -> "God must have done it". Impressive.

Re:RFID is absolutely TERRIBLE for security

[Your Pal Dave]

I'm sorry, but you'd have to be a pretty pathetic mugger if you can't spot a foreign tourist without using a bunch of fancy electronic equipment. Why back in my day...