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  • Someone Boarded a Plane at Heathrow Without a Ticket or Passport

    Someone Boarded a Plane at Heathrow Without a Ticket or Passport I’m sure there’s a story here: Sources say the man had tailgated his way through to security screening and passed security, meaning he was not detected carrying any banned items. The man deceived the BA check-in agent by posing as a family member who…

  • Baggage Tag Scam

    Baggage Tag Scam I just heard about this: There’s a travel scam warning going around the internet right now: You should keep your baggage tags on your bags until you get home, then shred them, because scammers are using luggage tags to file fraudulent claims for missing baggage with the airline. First, the scam is…

  • Spying on People Through Airportr Luggage Delivery Service

    Spying on People Through Airportr Luggage Delivery Service Airportr is a service that allows passengers to have their luggage picked up, checked, and delivered to their destinations. As you might expect, it’s used by wealthy or important people. So if the company’s website is insecure, you’d be able to spy on lots of wealthy or…

  • Aeroflot Hacked

    Aeroflot Hacked Looks serious. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier

  • Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government

    Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government This is news: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected U.S. travellers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where…