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7th August 2008, 16:13
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 79,021
 |  Chipped Passport Cloned In Minutes New microchip passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft failed the test when a researcher was able to manipulate one in minutes. The cloned passports were accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports. According to the article: 'A computer researcher cloned the chips on two British passports and implanted digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. The altered chips were then passed as genuine by passport reader software used by the UN agency that sets standards for e-passports http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4467106.ece
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