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the 'secure' biometrics we're told about
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have already had the 1st steps to copying done, by the guardian and a hired software engineer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,,1950226,00.html
always goes to show to never trust government IT projects
if you didn't read it fully, they extracted his passport information electronically, this would in the wrong hands allow a forgery to be made, and combined with fact people aren't great with faces really, nor are computers (25% failure rate) you could be the victim of ID fraud on a 'secure' medium which make sit even more valuble
and who says ID cards would work
http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,,1950226,00.html
always goes to show to never trust government IT projects
if you didn't read it fully, they extracted his passport information electronically, this would in the wrong hands allow a forgery to be made, and combined with fact people aren't great with faces really, nor are computers (25% failure rate) you could be the victim of ID fraud on a 'secure' medium which make sit even more valuble
and who says ID cards would work
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kind of, but there's official machines that can just read, this can extract the data, and it is possible to brute force crack a key out
this 'security' of a biometric passport is that it is supposed to be far harder to forge, when actually they've got the 1st step done which is extracting the info to a PC, which can then be cloned onto another chip and printed on a forged passport.....
imo this means it is not worth another £30 on top of existing passport fee (if you arent aware)
Sure.
But it`s, as usual, a trade-off. If you want to travel you are going to jump through the hoops of the coercive members of the tribe.
The time to be "aware" about this was a number of years ago.
Considering your concerns I would guess that your awareness would be best served looking at what goodies they have lined up for your future surveillance.