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I find it shocking that the previous kiosks were allowed to be used when they didn't even compare the person using a passport with the picture on that passport.

by sofixa 4y ago

I find it shocking that the previous kiosks were allowed to be used when they didn't even compare the person using a passport with the picture on that passport. Does that mean anyone could use anyone else's passport? In some places around the EU (and UK) there are automatic kiosk that use the NFC chip in your passport to read the picture, and compare that to a live photo they're taking, while also checking for you in various databases. It's secure and fast, and saves on useless manpower.

INTPenis 4y ago
Yeah EU passports are so smart you can scan them with a barcode scanner. But you can't board without a human person verifying your passport and boarding pass. So it's not that easy to fly with someone elses passport, and also I would assume highly illegal. I suspect they get your picture on their screen through your census info, so they don't really need to handle your passport. It's a technical convenience.
- Someone 4y ago
  They don’t read a barcode, they use NFC. A chip in the passport stores your picture and fingerprint (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport#European_Union_/_EFTA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport#European_Un...)
  - INTPenis 4y ago
    Ok that sounds plausible but there is something being scanned from my Swedish passport that is not NFC. Every time I use my passport to identify myself they scan it with a red light scanner, like a barcode scanner, and they can hold it like 30 cm away so I don't think it's NFC. That same light is in the little ticket terminals at the Copenhagen airport when you scan your passport there.
    - iggldiggl 4y ago
      Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport ?
    - BrandoElFollito 4y ago
      These are the two lines you find on the page with your photo, at the bottom. They are standardized. You will find something similar on your ID card if it is a modern one.
    - 7952 4y ago
      The scanned information is used as a key to access the information on the NFC chip. This is intended as a security step to prevent malicious reading of the chip.

by sofixa 4y ago

INTPenis 4y ago

Yeah EU passports are so smart you can scan them with a barcode scanner. But you can't board without a human person verifying your passport and boarding pass. So it's not that easy to fly with someone elses passport, and also I would assume highly illegal. I suspect they get your picture on their screen through your census info, so they don't really need to handle your passport. It's a technical convenience.

Someone 4y ago
They don’t read a barcode, they use NFC. A chip in the passport stores your picture and fingerprint (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport#European_Union_/_EFTA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport#European_Un...)
- INTPenis 4y ago
  Ok that sounds plausible but there is something being scanned from my Swedish passport that is not NFC. Every time I use my passport to identify myself they scan it with a red light scanner, like a barcode scanner, and they can hold it like 30 cm away so I don't think it's NFC. That same light is in the little ticket terminals at the Copenhagen airport when you scan your passport there.
  - iggldiggl 4y ago
    Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport ?
  - BrandoElFollito 4y ago
    These are the two lines you find on the page with your photo, at the bottom. They are standardized. You will find something similar on your ID card if it is a modern one.
  - 7952 4y ago
    The scanned information is used as a key to access the information on the NFC chip. This is intended as a security step to prevent malicious reading of the chip.