
The UK is launching a new passport this month, featuring the likes of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, some of the world’s first computer programmers, as part of its new design. In the November unveiling, the passport promised “the latest in printing technology to ensure the security of the document remains the top priority.” It’ll be the “most secure ever produced” with “brand new security features to make it more difficult than ever for fraudsters to forge copies.” In particular, this involves the use of “security printing using UV and infrared light, inks and watermarks.” Indeed, most modern passports have upwards…
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