Tool to backup, modify and clone ePassport released
Michael Simpson
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:44:59 +0100
On 10/6/08, Ian Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> wrote:
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> On 06 Oct 08, at 1036, Casper.Dik@Sun.COM wrote:
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> >
> > > 1. The passport is detectable from 1 or 2 metres away, maybe
> > > pickpockets or robbers will preferentially target victims known to
> > > have a passport with them.
> > >
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> > Since you typically only want to show the passport when there's a reason,
> > would a "microswitch" which enables the RFID chip only when the passport
> > is open, help?
> >
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> Just make the cover metallic, so that it forms its own `skimstopper'.
>
> ian
or this?
<http://www.passport-stronghold.com/products.html>
mike