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Journal Journal: British "secure" passports code cracked 305

Journal by hard-to-get-a-nickna
The Guardian has cracked the so-trumpeted secure British passports after 48 hours of work : "Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes?"
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Submitted by hard-to-get-a-nickna
hard-to-get-a-nickna writes: The Guardian has cracked the so-trumpeted secure British passports after 48 hours of work : "Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes?"

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