New UK ID Card Forged in 12 Minutes (Daily Mail)

[Drew Wilson]

Embedded inside the card for foreigners is a microchip with the details of its bearer held in electronic form: name, date of birth, physical characteristics, fingerprints and so on, together with other information such as immigration status and whether the holder is entitled to State benefits.

This chip is the vital security measure that, so the Government believes, will make identity cards 'unforgeable'.

But as I watch, Laurie picks up a mobile phone and, using just the handset and a laptop computer, electronically copies the ID card microchip and all its information in a matter of minutes.

He then creates a cloned card, and with a little help from another technology expert, he changes all the information the card contains - the physical details of the bearer, name, fingerprints and so on. And he doesn't stop there.

With a few more keystrokes on his computer, Laurie changes the cloned card so that whereas the original card holder was not entitled to benefits, the cloned chip now reads 'Entitled to benefits'.

As a chilling twist, he adds a message that would be visible to any police officer or security official who scanned the card: 'I am a terrorist - shoot on sight.'

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[fleecy]

scary stuff.

[mountain_rage]

Its simple, if the cards are not accurate they will not be used for serious business. They are still more secure than a plastic card, and the card could still be issued holograms and other anti counterfeit measures. The problem lies in the perception people are presenting of them being fault proof, nothing is and never will be fault proof, but it is more secure than what we have now. So long as its taken into consideration that the card could be a fraud, it shouldn't cause problems. Any system should have to double check databases to ensure the authenticity of the information before allowing significant decisions to be made on its use.

[fleecy]

hopefully it'll be something more difficult to duplicate or circumvent.