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Re: Delta CAPPS-2 watch: decrypt boarding passes!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Mar 6 16:12:07 2003
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To: John Ioannidis <ji@research.att.com>
Cc: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>, cryptography@wasabisystems.com,
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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 06 Mar 2003 15:44:17 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20030306203441.GB29411@bual.research.att.com>
John Ioannidis <ji@research.att.com> writes:
> Are you referring to the "SSSS" string on the boarding pass? That
> indicated that you were going to be searched by the boarding gate TSA
> people whether they were going to decide to search you or not (they
> still picked up "random" people without the search string on their
> boarding passess).
Yes, that's what I was referring to. I didn't recall exactly what the
mark was, but "SSSS" sounds right. I was just annoyed because they
flagged about 30% of the flight. Even though I was seated in like row
15/22 (in the second group to get boarded), by the time I actually
made it through the line they had already finished normal boarding and
closed the gate doors.
> Both JFK and SFO have stopped gate searches. Searches at security are
> still decided by the TSA personnel there (they don't get to see your
> boarding pass).
Hmm. Well, I'll let you know about BOS. And I'll find out about ORD
on my return flight. I consider gate checks rather rude, but then
again I consider commercial travel in general rather annoying. If it
weren't going to take me 3 days (rather than 6 hours) I would have
just flown myself out to SF....
-derek
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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