Digital Passports - Why aren't passports digital yet?

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  Anoop Mathew

  Anything of value should not be digitized. It'd loose the essence, lots of frauds could occur and it is not yet certified as a valid proof. If a passport was digitized, it'd loose the credibility of original stamps, exits, clearences, residency permits, etc. This issue called in general as 'paperwork' reduces the possibility of fraud as these stamps, permits, etc are obatined from different places; when compared to a digital version of the same, easy editing can be done. For the same reason, the Property agreements, Car insurance, and any other form of agreement are signed on paper.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  #-Link-Snipped-# : Humans have digitized money; everything else is of lesser importance 😀 . I however can understand the thought that you're putting forth. I think digitisation helps minimising the fraud. Maybe this should be a separate debate. I'll start it right away.
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  Ankita Katdare

  Since the introduction of biometric passports several attacks are presented and demonstrated.
  You can find details about the attacks done on digital passports on the wiki page here: Biometric Passport Attacks