Budapest Declaration on Machine Readable Travel Documents
- Budapest Declaration on Machine Readable Travel Documents
The Budapest Declaration on Machine Readable Travel Documents [ [http://www.fidis.net/press-events/press-releases/budapest-declaration/ Budapest Declaration on Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs)] ] is a Public declaration that was issued by the NoE FIDIS [FIDIS (Future of Identity in the Information Society)] to raise the concern to the public to the risks associated by a security architecture related to the management of Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs), and its current implementation in the European passport that creates some threats related to identity theft, and privacy.
This declaration was proclaimed in Budapest in September 2006, by a group of researchers from the FIDIS Network of Excellence.
The Budapest Declaration has received an important coverage from the press (newspapers [ [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/10/fidis_budapest_mrtd_declaration/ Biometric ID cards an insecure menace, says EU ID outfit] , The Register, 10th November 2006] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/nov/17/news.homeaffairs Cracked it!] , Steve Boggan The Guardian, November 17, 2006] , radio [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6182207.stm ePassports 'at risk' from cloning] , BBC News, 15 December 2006] , television).
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