On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Fergie wrote: > This is... priceless. > > Via 27B Stroke 6. > > [snip] > > Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants the federal government to > arrest security researcher Christopher Soghoian for creating the > Northwest Airline Boarding Pass Generator, a site which lets anyone > create a facsimile of a Northwest Airlines boarding pass. Soghoian > hoped to spur Congress to look closely at the nation's aviation > security policies, which he calls "security theater." > > Instead, Markey, a member of the House Homeland Security committee, > wants the site shut down and Soghoian arrested. > > "The Bush Administration must immediately act to investigate, apprehend > those responsible, shut down the website, and warn airlines and > aviation security officials to be on the look-out for fraudsters or > terrorists trying to use fake boarding passes in an attempt to cheat > their way through security and onto a plane," Markey said in a > statement. "There are enough loopholes at the backdoor of our passenger > airplanes from not scanning cargo for bombs;
Oh? I didnt know that. Wouldn't it be a good idea to start doing that? By the way, was it wise of the House Homeland Security committee to reveal this information? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
