Tool to backup, modify and clone ePassport released

[Ian Batten]

>
> Lots of people know my passport number. It's a standard item  
> requested by airlines when booking, conferences [1] when  
> registering, hotels when checking in.

But we run around in circles.  If someone knows your passport number,  
what additional information of value could they extract from your  
passport?  If I want a photograph of you I need to disambiguate you  
from an Australian SF author, but http://www.ripe.net/info/ncc/staff/pics/roland_perry.jpg 
  is passport-alike enough.

What else is there on a passport that's worth an RF attack?  I can't  
believe your date of birth would be that hard to obtain by easier means.

ian