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Canada's passport application system has security hole
*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/Cana...e/1196966059)*
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An Ontario man discovered last week that the Web site meant to allow Canadians to apply for passports was allowing access to information on other applicants.

By changing a single character in the URL while filling out the application, he was able to pull up data on another applicant. Jamie Laning told The Globe and Mail that doing so was effortless, and the site did nothing to prevent him from viewing the data.

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