http://techliberation.com/2008/08/28/tsa-not-even-good-at-getting-it-wrong/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 16:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/08/28/tsa-not-even-good-at-getting-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-59043 surfboards Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:53:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12304#comment-59043 <p>Just saw this blog and found it really very interesting, keep posts like this one coming, you are outstanding with your work.</p> Just saw this blog and found it really very interesting, keep posts like this one coming, you are outstanding with your work.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/08/28/tsa-not-even-good-at-getting-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-56025 Ryan Radia Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:29:15 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12304#comment-56025 <p>Great piece. The fact that the TSA has known about the boarding pass vulnerability for years and hasn't yet patched it further reinforces the argument that TSA cares more about perceived security than actual security. <br><br>Implementing a secure authentication system to make boarding passes tamper-resistant would cost a fair bit but wouldn't be all that complicated. (Not that I think such a system is necessary or even desirable.)</p> Great piece. The fact that the TSA has known about the boarding pass vulnerability for years and hasn't yet patched it further reinforces the argument that TSA cares more about perceived security than actual security.

Implementing a secure authentication system to make boarding passes tamper-resistant would cost a fair bit but wouldn't be all that complicated. (Not that I think such a system is necessary or even desirable.)

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