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With the introduction of biometrics into passports, the next generation of passport books will become pervasive computing devices. In more detail passports will be equipped with contactless RF-chips not only storing digitized biometrics of the holder but also providing fundamental security mechanisms to protect the authenticity, originality, and confidentiality of the data stored on the chip.
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Kügler, D. (2005). Security Concept of the EU-Passport. In: Hutter, D., Ullmann, M. (eds) Security in Pervasive Computing. SPC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3450. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32004-3_10
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