Biometric Passports Cracked

"Biometric passports cracked: A German security consultant says he can clone RFID chips" -- so much for "more secure" passports.

As someone who's been there working in security business [smart card version of Java Card JVM development], it's no news to me. It's all matter of time and high tech tools and eager crackers mean things will be broken quicker than what the developers originally anticipated.

I think Metcalfe's law has more power than most people are willing to give credit for esp. when it comes to open source and breaking security.