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e-passport problems

  • 01-09-2004 4:12pm
    #1
    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://www.eetimes.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=45400010
    PARIS — The Department of Homeland Security's first tests of electronic-passport interoperability exposed technology flaws, including myopic and dyslexic smart-card readers. Some readers could not detect the presence of e-passport chips, many could detect the chips but could not read them and others were befuddled about what information they were supposed to display.

    On the other hand, in the absence of a private data encryption requirement under the proposed U.S. scheme, readers in one test were able to spy on and copy sensitive personal data from a distance of 30 feet. That has some security experts and privacy rights advocates calling for a rethinking of the planned system.
    Yer standard double decker bus is 30 feet long.
    This was with a normal reader - using more power etc. could easily increase the range many times.

    Similar concerns with RFID tags.

    I can see a marked in Faraday shielded wallets :D


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  • #2
    theciscokid
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    http://www.eetimes.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=45400010

    Yer standard double decker bus is 30 feet long.
    This was with a normal reader - using more power etc. could easily increase the range many times.

    Similar concerns with RFID tags.

    I can see a marked in Faraday shielded wallets :D


    30 feet is a joke :rolleyes:


  • #3
    1stmonkeyonline
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    bedlam wrote:
    Bluetooth was designed to have a similar range for devices, but has recently broken the 1km range

    Yeah i was reading an article about that. Apparently, they tried (and succeeded) in downloading address books from hotel guests from outside their hotel buildings..

    I really do believe that they should come up with an encryption solution for the e-passports. Is their a manual lock for them, so they can be turned off when not needed? Or any anti-theft devices..? I'm not that familar with them (have to brush up on my reading!) ;)


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