About the new UK RFID passports:

Fatally, however, the ICAO suggested that the key needed to access the data on the chips should be comprised of, in the following order, the passport number, the holder’s date of birth and the passport expiry date, all of which are contained on the printed page of the passport on a “machine readable zone.”

Cracked it! Steve Boggan, The Guardian, Friday November 17, 2006

The UK Home Office says not to worry. Continue reading →