[privacy] RFID Passports in Europe - shortcomings (Report)

[Gordon Darling]

Budapest Declaration on Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs)

http://www.fidis.net/home/single-news/article/budapest-declaration-on-machine-readable-travel-documents-mrtds-2/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4&cHash=fe8718735f

"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. In
this declaration, researchers on Identity and Identity Management
(supported by a unanimous move in the September 2006 Budapest meeting of
the FIDIS “Future of Identity in the Information Society” Network of
Excellence) summarise findings from an analysis of MRTDs and recommend
corrective measures which need to be adopted by stakeholders in
governments and industry to ameliorate outstanding"

English
http://www.fidis.net/press-events/press-releases/budapest-declaration/
http://www.fidis.net/uploads/media/budapest_declaration_on_MRTD.en.20061106.pdf
German
http://www.fidis.net/press-events/press-releases/budapest-erklaerung/
http://www.fidis.net/uploads/media/budapest_declaration_on_MRTD.de.20061107.pdf
French
http://www.fidis.net/press-events/press-releases/declaration-de-budapest/
http://www.fidis.net/uploads/media/budapest_declaration_on_MRTD.fr.20061106.pdf



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