Trail of Bits on Nostr: This week's deep dive: The Cryptography Behind Passports Your passport is a computer ...

This week's deep dive: The Cryptography Behind Passports

Your passport is a computer with its own filesystem and cryptographic protocols designed to prevent unauthorized reading, eavesdropping, forgery, and copying. However, passports remain in circulation for 5-10 years, so the legacy protocols become security risks.

Learn about how electronic passports work, security risks, and novel use cases: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/10/31/the-cryptography-behind-electronic-passports/