Passport Reader

Fixed bugs, and improved the speed. Tried getting more users to test the system. Soon will try and build the rest of the back end so we can on board actual users.

Will try to think about website content and creation.

Tried finding users on reddit which gave some good suggestions.

Feel free to use an invalid passport and/or use the app on airplane mode so that you feel comfortable.

I used the phone's RFID reader and machine learning to verify the personal data on passports using the secure chip embedded inside.

The app works by first using the camera to scan the passport’s data page, a step that is needed because the key used for reading the embedded chip is constructed out of the visible printed passport data. Then it will read and verify the embedded chip and display the extracted information.

Here is a 30 second demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTdpOcG1NSw

I am looking for users/testers with different passports to try it out. I wanted to see if my weekend hackathon project actually works or if it is only my passport and my friends that works.

Would love to hear your thoughts! 😊

The app is available for both iOS and Android and requires an NFC-enabled device (most modern Android devices and all iPhones starting with the iPhone 7 are NFC-enabled). You will also need a biometric passport (sometimes called electronic passport) that you can read. Most modern passports issued today are biometric passports, and you can verify this by looking for a microchip icon usually printed on the passport cover.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/biometric-passport-reader/id1510585886
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.iris"