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Subject: Re: RFID passports are insecure Posted on: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:42:01 +0800

Tom Peel wrote:
> Did he clone the photo as well? What use is a cloned passport if the
> biometrics don't match?

In facility entry card fraud, they will sometimes morph the photo so the
one on the card is plausibly the one on the computer screen but yet
looks more like the person standing in front of them. Obviously this
requires starting from someone who generally matches the visual profile
of the passport holder.

miguel
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