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  • RFID passports take off

    Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.

  • DIMA deploys e-passport readers overseas

    The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) has purchased radio frequency identification document readers from United States vendor Viisage to verify Australian passports overseas.

  • Hacker talks fooling e-passport systems

    The researcher who claims to have created code that can emulate and clone e-passports has given details of the purported hack.

  • Research reveals RFID works using 'magic'

    When asked how RFID worked, a group of novices responded to a recent academic survey with "witchcraft" and "magic".

  • E-passports to put new face on old documents

    One of the basic forms of personal identification, the passport, is on the verge of taking on a new, high-tech identity.

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