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Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes

Posted by samzenpus on from the unsafe-at-any-customs-counter dept.

Death Metal Maniac writes "New microchip passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft failed the test when a researcher was able to manipulate one in minutes. The cloned passports were accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports. According to the article: 'A computer researcher cloned the chips on two British passports and implanted digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. The altered chips were then passed as genuine by passport reader software used by the UN agency that sets standards for e-passports.'"

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  1. Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...to pay you $699 licensing fee you cock-smoking tea-baggers!

  2. Golden Reader? by ladquin · · Score: -1, Troll

    I bet it runs on Windows... Surprise, surprise!!

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    If your name is Anonymous Coward, don't bother replying. I already guess how smart you are.
  3. Re:Papers, bitte. by Shimmer · · Score: 1, Troll

    This has got to be a troll. You're talking about the Nazi regime, right? Government by intimidation and violence is "nearly right"?

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    The most rabid believers in American Exceptionalism are the exact same people whose policies are destroying it.
  4. Re:Um, well... by blair1q · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about the government leaves us alone and sees to its actual responsibilities and, oh i don't know, obeys its own laws and attempts to embody American ideals? Just a suggestion.

    Vote for Obama and you'll get a chance of seeing that.