Shenzhen and Hong Kong issued bi-national smart card need to add password

Hong Kong and the mainland have always been the card can not be common, now will be issued in Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Shenzhen and Hong Kong issued by the two places common smart card need to add the password

The two places common smart card, so that not only can facilitate the two places, but also can promote the development of the Hong Kong economy. However, many experts say that the smart cards issued in Shenzhen and Hong Kong will need to be coded.

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According to reports, a common smart card will be available at the end of the year, and security issues are of great concern. Some computer security experts pointed out that although the smart cards have two separate chips and are operated by different systems in the two places, there is still a technical possibility that the wrong chip will be read, resulting in data leakage or wrong deduction of money.

Even though the smart cards are processed by two different chips for RMB and HKD accounts, there is still a technical possibility of misreading the data. The card readers of Octopus and Shenzhen Tong have similar technical specifications and can technically read each others chip data. If the card readers are not properly tuned, the wrong chip may be read and the transaction data may be read incorrectly. Therefore, all smart card systems can be encrypted, and as long as the encryption measures are sufficient, it is believed that the problem of data leakage can be effectively avoided.

Although smart cards can be used in two places, but it is natural to cause public concern about data leakage, but he believes that if the development of common smart card technology in both places is mature, data encryption procedures are rigorous, can be accompanied by personal Octopus function, expand the building security authentication and other different purposes.

At present, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre manager Victor Koo said that the Octopus chip only contains transaction records, account balances and other data, even if the application for a personal Octopus card to provide personal data, the data will also be stored in another database. But technically, can not rule out the possibility that the card reader read the wrong chip data.