I think it's remiss of the issuing agencies not to make the passport reliably unreadable when closed ...they claim to have done it but some show that to be untrue...hackers may not read your data but ID your country of origin for targeting...I am sure it will (or has already) happen (ed) !!
-----Original Message----- From: b_s-wilk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:00 PM Subject: Re: silvery > No they haven't. Calm down. If you feel danger in these places you're > being forced to travel to, then you should consider a new job. > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:17 PM, b_s-wilk<[email protected]> wrote: >> > People have been targeted through their RFID tagged passports in places like Yes they have. So, you don't read the Guardian or the Register or Wired? Early on, young hackers changed their grades on high school and university computers, then it was the phone phreaks, then the stolen remote codes for cars and trucks, then the hacked "blink" cards/passes. Entire bank and credit card databases have been compromised. It's a tiny step from there to hacking passports. There have been stories about hacked passport chips for at least 3 years. The US isn't the only country with chipped passports. Examples: http://tinyurl.com/yufasr, http://tinyurl.com/s2h2k, http://tinyurl.com/caswtl, http://tinyurl.com/ak67l4 Chipped passports won't stop us from enjoying our travel. The thieves did me a favor. I got my new passport one month before the RFID ones were issued. Danger? We look for disasters: Airfares and everything else are cheaper after a scare, like the time we booked a flight to Malaga after it was bombed by ETA, and paid less than 1/2 of the discounted price; luckily we left Alicante a day before it was bombed two blocks from our apartment. We also went to southern Turkey soon after 9/11 and loved it. Life is NOT boring! Betty ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
