[clug-talk] OT - Trust Worthy != Secure

[Mitchell Brown]

LOL Amazing how "The government is a trustworthy issuer of ID" and "Yep, the
government is very trustworthy and very honest" can be the difference in
complete seriousness and hysteria!

On 4/28/06, Nick Wiltshire <nick at customdesigns.ca> wrote:
>
> On Friday 28 April 2006 11:03 am, Mitchell Brown wrote:
> > Hehe. Thanks for that :)
> > But well, secure certainly helps trust worthy. Being a government-issued
> > card is not something to bawk at either!
>
> Yep, the government is very trustworthy and completely honest ;)
>
> >
> > Just curious -- how do they get the information out of the encrypted
> > barcode? Sounds like a hacker challenge to me :P
> >
> > On 4/28/06, simon <simon at mungewell.org> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:47:46AM -0600, Mitchell Brown wrote:
> > > > Well they do say that the Alberta drivers license is the most secure
> > >
> > > card in
> > >
> > > > north america!
> > > > Beat that!
> > >
> > > Just a little observation is that 'trust worthy' does not equal
> 'secure'.
> > >
> > > Sure the card contains design elements that make it hard to forge, but
> > > the the data on the card is not secure.
> > >
> > > There are many cases of night clubs using driving licenses as proof of
> > > ID, and then capturing all the personal information contianed in the
> 2D
> > > barcode
> > > on the back (which contains quite a bit of info!) and then spamming
> the
> > > holder.
> > >
> > > Simon.
> > > (in privacy nut mode)
> > >
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