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Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

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290 points robin_reala | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 07:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.463s | source
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dzhiurgis ◴[25 Jun 25 09:35 UTC] No.44375315[source]▶
Hol up. So what stops you from uploading custom photo + metadata onto random chip and planting it in a fake passport?
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1. SXX ◴[25 Jun 25 11:26 UTC] No.44376015[source]▶
Countries like UK actually have publicly database for e-visas (share code) that can easily be verified via online API. So probably at least some foreign governments can cross validate some of passport data with each other.
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2. crowbahr ◴[25 Jun 25 12:17 UTC] No.44376413[source]▶
Countries all know each other's signing certs. There's a question of how much they _trust_ the other country but the certs are all public.