Submission + - European Experts: MRTD security "poorly concei
tonk writes: "In a declaration, European expert researchers on identity and identity management summarise findings from an analysis of passports with RFID and biometrics, MRTDs, and recommend corrective measures which "need to be adopted by stakeholders in governments and industry to ameliorate outstanding issues":
"By failing to implement an appropriate security architecture, European governments have effectively forced citizens to adopt new international Machine Readable Travel Documents which dramatically decrease their security and privacy and increases risk of identity theft. Simply put, the current implementation of the European passport utilises technologies and standards that are poorly conceived for its purpose."
The European experts therefore come to similar results as the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the US Department of Homeland Security in a draft report, which seems to be delayed. The Budapest declaration is available in English, German, and French."
"By failing to implement an appropriate security architecture, European governments have effectively forced citizens to adopt new international Machine Readable Travel Documents which dramatically decrease their security and privacy and increases risk of identity theft. Simply put, the current implementation of the European passport utilises technologies and standards that are poorly conceived for its purpose."
The European experts therefore come to similar results as the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the US Department of Homeland Security in a draft report, which seems to be delayed. The Budapest declaration is available in English, German, and French."
