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OP here. It is trivial to create the missing checksum. It is detailed at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/reading-nfc-passport-chips-...


Yep, I saw that section, but thought that the next section was a continuation of it. Maybe you could say a few more things about it, like "since it was trivial to recreate the checksum, I managed to read my passport fine, and then wondered what it would take to guess the entire MRZ" as a segue.




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