Did YouTube Demo Mix Up ePassports with Passport Cards and Enhanced Driver’s Licenses?
Some security experts say that recent headlines have confused U.S. electronic passports—the passport books with the blue cover and the small gold e-passport icon—with the new U.S. Passport Cards and Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL) already being issued as border crossing credentials by some states.
The confusion came in media reporting about security researcher Chris Paget, who demonstrated the ease of scanning, cloning and tracking RFID-based U.S. Passport Cards and Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL) in a YouTube video.