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  Security App For the New German Personal ID Hacked

  Posted: November 11th, 2010, 7:06am CET by samzenpus

  Tags:  security  

  prefec2 writes "On Nov. 1st Germany started to issue new personal ID cards which include a security chip. In combination with a reading device and an application on a PC at home, secure transactions can be made. However, the required application can be compromised using DNS spoofing and a wrong SSL certificate (article in German)."

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