It’s on The Register – “Home Office boffins slip out passport-scanning Android app” Basically it’s a newish app that uses the protocol to process info from the chip in your (post 2006) UK passport.
the government agency does verify the data contained within the chip and the passport photo page that is placed into the scanner. CBP also said that it has a unit to analyse fradulent travel ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced plans to upgrade from biometric passports to new chip-embedded documents. According to the Sector Minister, Shirley Ayorkor ...