blog » October 2, 2008/Elvis sighted in Netherlands

(see also: PC Pro, /.)

At least, Elvis’ passport was sighted. And despite being dead, Elvis managed to get a new “un-forgeable” RFID passport.

Security researchers managed to modify an RFID-based passport so that it seems to belong to “Elvis Aaron Presley,” complete with photo.

The problem is not so much with the ability to forge passports, but rather with the claims that they are un-forgeable, and the false sense of security. If security personnel believe that the passports are un-forgeable, then we actually become less secure because of it.