[LINK] Engadget: German hackers clone RFID e-passports

[Kim Holburn]

It's really not a big story.   You can read the rfid tag which after  
all you have to be able to do for it to be of any use any way.  You  
can create a copy.  Well yeah.  If you put a copy near your passport  
the passport reader will get confused.

But the guts of it is, that the information is encrypted so you can't  
actually alter any of it, you can only copy.

More on it here with some nice links to tinfoil wallets though:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71521-2.html

Of course there's the danger of explosions:
Blackhat 2006: Explosive risks in RFID-enabled passports
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/03/blackhat2006_rfid_passport_bomb/

On 2006 Aug 04, at 7:52 PM, Paul B wrote:

> http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/german-hackers-clone-rfid-e- 
> passports/
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