Friday, 17. November 2006
Topic: SECURITY - on November 17, 2006 at 2:51:00 PM CET
British "Secure" Passports Cracked
The Guardian has cracked the so-trumpeted secure British passports after 48 hours of work: 'Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes?'
Privacy issues with new digital passport
Q. What could a boarding pass tell an identity fraudster about you? A. Way too much
Burce Sterling's copy of this article with embedded commentary
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