Welcome aboard, Elvis

[presley31]

And Elvis is on the road again... The Hacker's Choice (THC) has released details of a procedure that allows you to "create a backup of your own passport chip(s)" - or, if you were that way inclined, use a modified chip to build a fake ePassport that will not be detected by at least some passport readers. The funny thing is, that THC used a mid sixties picture of Elvis on the passport... and nobody noticed it.

THC offers a video of "Elvis's" passport being approved by a reader at Amsterdam airport. Note that the reader is a public verification terminal, not one at a border check, so there's no illegal act being committed, nor does the video prove that a fake ePassport could get through a border. However, it makes one wonder how tight passport check really is. O, if you wonder what name the computer accepted: Elvis Aron Presley.

[presley31]

Still get over how this was unnoticed??

[EnigmaticSun]

Oh, virtually anyone can get into that city.

[Teddy]

Getting out in one piece is something else.

[EnigmaticSun]

Yeah, but it is popular among the British I know. Wonder what on earth they're looking for though..?

[presley31]

I guess nobody knows elvis presley in that city.

[franny]

I'm surprised that wasn't noticed, too...I thought they were strict at London airport.

Thanks, for sharing Jen.

franny

[presley31]

I'm surprised that wasn't noticed, too...I thought they were strict at London airport.

Thanks, for sharing Jen.

franny

You would think franny. l know that toronto and scotland are very strict on everything including assport pictures, they have to meet there standards.

[presley31]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HngStyEm4s

A group of hackers has released a video showing a forged Elvis Presley passport — the RFID-protected kind that can be scanned by computers — being run through and accepted by a Dutch airport security machine.

[Teddy]

Yeah, but it is popular among the British I know. Wonder what on earth they're looking for though..?

They're looking for the uninhibited sexuality which you have freely enjoyed in mainland Europe for years without the condemnation which they experience in the UK.
But mainly it's so they can finally smoke cannabis without the fear of criminal repercussions.

[Donut]

They're looking for the uninhibited sexuality which you have freely enjoyed in mainland Europe for years without the condemnation which they experience in the UK.
But mainly it's so they can finally smoke cannabis without the fear of criminal repercussions.

I knew the answer to that one but was afraid to offend the Brits
Not exclusively a British choice though, very popular here too.

[Teddy]

We Brits aren't as easily offended as Hugh Grant's movies would have you believe

[Donut]

We Brits aren't as easily offended as Hugh Grant's movies would have you believe

I know, I've learned about it visiting your country and watching some TV series in my teenage years like "Some mother's do 'ave 'em" and "The young Ones". Remember them?

[Teddy]

I know, I've learned about it visiting your country and watching some TV series in my teenage years like "Some mother's do 'ave 'em" and "The young Ones". Remember them?

Of course. The Young Ones was essential viewing when I was a kid

I know a guy who ruined a date by accidentally playing the Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em theme on a TV soundtracks album while attempting get intimate with his new girlfriend. I don't know if you remember how the tune goes but it was a critical buzz-killer and he has never lived it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwT_2_b0E-g
It's like a musical representation of male inadequacy.

[Donut]

Of course. The Young Ones was essential viewing when I was a kid

I know a guy who ruined a date by accidentally playing the Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em theme on a TV soundtracks album while attempting get intimate with his new girlfriend. I don't know if you remember how the tune goes but it was a critical buzz-killer and he has never lived it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwT_2_b0E-g
It's like a musical representation of male inadequacy.

Of course I remember the tune, now I feel the uncontrollable urge to watch some chapter again. I have them on DVD. I couldn't remember the original title and had to describe Spencer to the sales assintant to find them years ago in a shop in London .

[EnigmaticSun]

the uninhibited sexuality which you have freely enjoyed in mainland Europe for years without the condemnation which they experience in the UK.

Yeah, I know the police there might arrest boys in the woods and such. I guess they have their priorities for a safer country.

But I hope you, being British, aren't all-too inclined to be uptight about trivial matters and that you don't have this dread to say the wrong thing at the wrong time.

[Teddy]

I adore trivial matters but have no fear of saying the wrong thing, even when it's almost always the wrong time.

[EnigmaticSun]

That's great. England is a fine country.

Kevin Kline once said: "it's great robbing the English.. so polite!"

But in fact I do enjoy British comedy and I use material from it to come to grips with Germany's syndrome: the war. I promise it won't be mentioned here.