Tool to backup, modify and clone ePassport released

[Charles Lindsey]

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:13:14 +0100, Ian Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> wrote:

>>
>> 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? ...

It enables that someone to decode all the stuff on the chip, if he manages  
to catch you within 2m (thereabouts) of himself.

Maybe that is no big deal, but people are jumping up and down at the  
thought it might be possible, so what are they worrying about? Is it just  
the start of the slippery slope that starts with "if you have nothing to  
hide, why should you worry ...?".

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