I recently posted about the e-passport regulations coming into force insisting that countries/citizens wishing to enter the US are required to have. Well, thanks to a Guardian article it seems that such passports are not so secure after all:
'Six months ago, with the help of a rather scary computer expert, I deconstructed the life of an airline passenger simply by using information garnered from a boarding-pass stub he had thrown into a dustbin on the Heathrow Express. By using his British Airways frequent-flyer number and buying a ticket in his name on the airline's website, we were able to access his personal data, passport number, date of birth and nationality. Based on this information, using publicly available databases, we found out where he lived, his profession, all his academic qualifications and even how much his house was worth.
It would have been only a short hop to stealing his identity, committing fraud in his name and generally ruining his life.'
Mobile security in the 21st century?
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