Comments on: THC-ePassports – THC Clones Biometric ePassport – Elvis Presley Passport

By: Morgan Storey

Morgan Storey — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:48:35 +0000

@Goodpeople: Have a listen to the interview with Peter Guttman, an expert in this field here (good podcast btw, and I am not associated with it): http://itradio.com.au/security/?p=88 he clearly points out it has gone to far. The USA demanded all passports have the RFID tags in them a little while ago, so most now do. E-Passports are already implemented in most countries, and implemented wrongly, and of those that are left they are going to implement it to the existing standard (see wrongly).
The game is already over, the only solution is to laughibly scrap the lot and get someone who knows what they are doing to redesign it.

By: Goodpeople

Goodpeople — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:18:23 +0000

Being from the Netherlands, I feel the urge to rectify this..

The system involed in this is still in it’s test phase. Only a handfull of people are using it and that is monitored pretty closely.

By: Cor-Paul

Cor-Paul — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:36 +0000

I don’t know what you guys make of this, but it’s clear to me: Elvis lives!

By: Morgan Storey

Morgan Storey — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:37:19 +0000

The problem here is bad implementation. I heard there is actually a PKI but only like 10 countries signed on and of those only 5 are using it, of course the most valued passports like NZ and the Netherlands aren’t using it. They are just using a self-signed key, and that can be broken or not used at all and still pass in other countries.

By: Orsigno

Orsigno — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:15:19 +0000

Have you ever heard the saying, “Closer to danger, further from trouble.”

You’d think they would take something like this seriously, and create a secure scanner.

By: SpikyHead

SpikyHead — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:51:59 +0000

These people can not even make secure identification systems and irony is that they are supposed to secure our countries…
I wish they start using good security professionals to assess these systems.

By: Pantagruel

Pantagruel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:01:17 +0000

Yep it’s Schiphol Airport (NL).

After reading through the thc website article, it all seems rather easy to prep a fake id.

By: d347hm4n

d347hm4n — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:51:45 +0000

These e-Passports have made it EASIER for criminals to cross international borders.