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Old 6th August, 2006, 03:55 PM
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Researchers: E-passports pose security risk

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"Radio tags used in everything from building access cards to highway toll cards to passports are surprisingly easy to copy and pose a grave security risk, researchers said this week."

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We use them in the HC5000. They are use to report ink levels that are left in the cart.
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I've know about this for a while. All over the world goverment are haing them put into consumer goods and that kinds of worrys me.
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Oh yeah, it's been talked about for quite a while. This is the first I've heard of someone actually DEMONSTRATING and exploit, though.
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