More tech concerns for ID cards?

Now, I'm aware that this might not transfer, since we don't know the specifications of the system the UK government is setting up (and UK gov doesn't either!), but since one of the arguments has been to do with compatibility with (USA) passport systems, then there is concern latent in this report, I suspect for the UK gov's system.

If a reader could be compromised using Grunwald's technique, it might be reprogrammed to misreport an expired passport as a valid one, or even -- theoretically -- to attempt a compromise of the Windows-based border-screening computer to which it is connected.

Also check out previous posts on ID cards