Saw this linked on /. = “All speed camera fines in doubt”
Hahaha. The MD5 algorithm, which was thouroughly trounced a few months ago is being used to guarentee the integrity of speeding ticket pictures, or at least it was.
That is the problem with applications relying on cryptography - it gets broken. Relying on a single algorithm for 15 years, as they have done in AU for these speed cameras, is just asking for this type of problem. They have al lthis infrastructure that was built up over the years that now will need a revamp. I do not know how easy it is to change the algorithm the cameras use, but my guess is that it would require a lot of work.
Update: Bruce Schneier has blogged about this as well.
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