Even the European Union admits that the security of its e-passports was "poorly conceived" Indeed, no sooner had European authorities introduced the new chipped passports than a Dutch one was hacked live on television, with the participants gaining access to the owner’s digital photograph and personal details. Days later, a handful of British e-passports were given the same treatment.Source: The EconomistThe official range of an e-passport’s RFID is supposed to be no more than ten centimetres (four inches). ... A student at Cambridge University in Britain went further, intercepting e-passport transmissions some 50 metres (160 feet) away.
