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1999 International Civil Aviation Organisation begins study into possibility of worldwide use of travel documents carrying biometric data
2002 After 9/11 US announces all passports issued from 2006 and used to enter the country must contain biometric information or holder will require a visa
2006 Britain and many EU countries introduce biometric passports
2008 45 countries have introduced biometric passports. 100 million have been issued globally
2008, August 3, Israel decides to move towards biometric passports
2008, August 6, Today in Times online I have found another support to my words from Jeroen van Beek, a security researcher at the University of Amsterdam:
“We’re not claiming that terrorists are able to do this to all passports today or that they will be able to do it tomorrow. But it does raise concerns over security that need to be addressed in a more public and open way.”
Do we need a passport that is easy to fake?
