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NewP@ss Research Project Boosts Security Technologies for Next Generation ePassports and eGovernment

Adds ID holder’s biometric data, and can electronically record visa data and arrival and departure stamps.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Contactless, multifunctional, fast and secure features are critical requirements for the new generation of travel documents. Achieving the combination of security and convenience that travellers require to pass through border checkpoints quickly and securely, in addition to providing travellers with access to online services from their smartphone, is a challenge.   In the past three years, issues concerning the security of electronic identity documents have been addressed by the NewP@ss resear...

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