For boring and totally not nefarious reasons, I want to read all the data contained in my passport's NFC chip using Linux. After a long and annoying search, I settled on roeften's pypassport. I can now read all the passport information, including biometrics. Table of Contents Background Recreating the MRZ Python code to generate an MRZ Can you read a cancelled passport? Cryptography and other security Can you brute-force a passport? Is it worth brute-forcing a password? Installing Getting struct...