But well, secure certainly helps trust worthy. Being a government-issued card is not something to bawk at either!
Just curious -- how do they get the information out of the encrypted barcode? Sounds like a hacker challenge to me :P
On 4/28/06, simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:47:46AM -0600, Mitchell Brown wrote:
> Well they do say that the Alberta drivers license is the most secure card in
> north america!
> Beat that!
Just a little observation is that 'trust worthy' does not equal 'secure'.
Sure the card contains design elements that make it hard to forge, but the
the data on the card is not secure.
There are many cases of night clubs using driving licenses as proof of ID,
and then capturing all the personal information contianed in the 2D barcode
on the back (which contains quite a bit of info!) and then spamming the
holder.
Simon.
(in privacy nut mode)
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