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Saturday, 28 October 2006

The fake boarding pass generator
Michelle Malkin

Christopher Soghoian, a PhD student in the School of Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington, created a fake boarding pass generator to expose flaws in airport security. A reader sent this link to the generator, but it looks like it has been taken down.

Looks like he could be in big trouble for blowing the whistle. Wired News reports:

Security researcher Christopher Soghoian created the Northwest Airline Boarding Pass Generator in the hope of spurring Congress to look closely at the nation's aviation security policies, which he calls "security theater."

The site lets anyone create a facsimile of a Northwest Airlines boarding pass, with whatever name they choose. ...

Posted by Bill Faith on October 28, 2006 at 10:38 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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