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Reading NFC Passport Chips in Linux

(shkspr.mobi)
287 points robin_reala | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 07:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.632s | source
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wkat4242 ◴[25 Jun 25 10:20 UTC] No.44375589[source]▶
Many passports also contain digitized fingerprint scans. But those are even harder to access. You need a private key that only governments have.
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jwr ◴[25 Jun 25 14:23 UTC] No.44377674[source]▶
> that only governments have

:-)

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connicpu ◴[25 Jun 25 14:34 UTC] No.44377820[source]▶
A corrupt government official selling a copy of that key to the highest bidder just sounds like the free market to me /s
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1. BuyMyBitcoins ◴[25 Jun 25 18:33 UTC] No.44380483[source]▶
It’s obviously not a free market. You have to bribe someone, which is by definition not free. /s
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2. connicpu ◴[25 Jun 25 19:10 UTC] No.44380870[source]▶
Free as in freedom ;)