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Security risks of e-passports exposed
Talkback The British Govenrment will make "owning such equipment for cloning purposes" a crime and thus will protect UK passports (and citizens) from being exploited in this way. The sad thing about the above joke is that they are probably already on the case.
[August 7, 2006, 13:44]
Biometric passports win EU approval
News Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports. The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months and initially will record the facial characteristics of the bearer.
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
Stolen e-passports 'worth millions' on black market
News Thousands of UK e-passports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts. A van carrying about 3,000 blank e-passports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London.
[July 30, 2008, 9:25]
ID cards could replace passports, say gov't officials
News UK citizens will be able to use their ID cards to travel to Europe, raising the possibility that they could eventually replace passports, according to the Identity and Passport Service. Speaking on Friday at the Home Office, Identity and Passport...
[November 24, 2008, 7:39]
Home Office denies e-passports can be faked
News The Home Office has rejected claims made by The Times newspaper that Dutch researchers have been able to fake microchipped UK passports. Dutch researchers commissioned by the newspaper cloned the chips on two UK passports and added images of Osama...
[August 7, 2008, 9:00]
EU passports get biometric data
News New EU passports will be embedded with a radio frequency ID chip that contains biometric data, after standards bodies put the technology on a fast-track to deployment. International technical standards and civil aviation organisations have...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
Security risks of e-passports exposed
News Radio tags used in everything from building access cards to highway toll cards to passports are surprisingly easy to copy and pose a grave security risk, researchers said this week. At security conferences researchers demonstrated that passports...
[August 7, 2006, 8:55]
Singapore mulls biometric data in passports
News Several Singapore government agencies have joined forces to study the feasibility of embedding fingerprints or eye scans onto computer chips planted inside the country's passports. However, in the light of tighter of security policies after the 11...
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
RFID passports go live
News Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. Except for Andorra, Brunei and Liechtenstein, all of...
[October 27, 2006, 9:30]
EU passports get biometric data
Talkback I represent "Advanced Airport Systems Technology Research Consortium" (ASTREC). Research activities are conducted jointly by the airport operator, airlines, home-delivery companies, RFID technology related companies and system vendors under the...
[December 31, 2004, 4:38]
RFID passports go live
Talkback Quite enough to make me believe in "conspiracy theories". Why does the EU kowtow to the USA? I don't understand. Why do European countries prefer petty nationalistic squabbles to uniting behind common values against the great embracer of torture...
[October 27, 2006, 15:49]
Fitting passports with biometric data
Talkback Isn't it a big problem for cosmetic surgeons? Anyway, the contents of RFID-chip is invisible and even the owner of e-passport could not make sure of. It makes me quite uneasy.
[August 18, 2004, 18:54]
Fitting passports with biometric data
News Governments already have that ability using old-fashioned passports, he added. A number of countries are about to launch trials of passports and visas that incorporate basic biometric information about the document holder alongside the traditional...
[August 18, 2004, 15:45]
Security risks of e-passports exposed
Talkback '.possibly letting terrorists' - who are they? Those who oppose the U.S.A.and its confederates - the true, the pure, and the good, the U.S. Israel, and the EU? But how could anyone be opposed to such friends of humanity?
[August 7, 2006, 22:26]
EU passports get biometric data
Talkback Are we going mad ? So BIG BROTHER is watching you is becoming a fact! What next? A chip in our head that could be trace our movements from space? So instead of growing as a species we are recessing again in the dark-age era, aren't we?
[December 17, 2003, 8:27]
Microsoft turns mobiles into 'Passports'
News Microsoft and RSA are to team up on security in a deal that will enable e-commerce sites using Microsoft's Passport authentication service to bolster security using mobile phones. The deal is just one of several between the two companies announced...
[October 9, 2002, 10:00]
Full biometric ID scheme to reach the UK 'by 2009'
News E-passports with facial biometrics along with ID cards are set to hit the UK early next year and the Government also plans to include fingerprints in both by 2009, it was revealed at Biometrics 2005 in London on Thursday.
[October 20, 2005, 17:40]
EU calls for biometric passport delay
News The European Union (EU) has called on the US to delay the deadline for the introduction of biometric passports for visitors without a visa. The UK is also negotiating separately with the US for an extension to the deadline as it only plans to start...
[April 1, 2005, 17:00]
Study finds ID scheme cancellation could save £3.1bn
News The next government could make multi-billion pound savings if it cancels identity cards and fingerprints in passports. A detailed analysis of the National Identity Scheme's costs for UK citizens by Kable suggests the £4.95bn to be spent over 10...
[August 13, 2009, 10:02]
Government U-turns on passport pledge
News The Identity and Passport Service has confirmed that passports will in future require extra information from applicants — their fingerprints. However, the IPS said it is making no changes to its plans, and confirmed that this includes adding...
[October 1, 2009, 12:20]
