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TSA Software Bug Creates Airport Bomb Scare

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the somebody-just-got-fired dept.

192939495969798999 writes "An article at CNN's website reports on a serious software bug at the Atlanta airport." From the article: "TSA screeners are given tests around the clock to check their alertness. Images of bombs and other suspicious devices that are hard to detect are put up on the X-ray machine, followed after a brief delay by an alert that reads, 'This is a test.' After reviewing a tape of the images, Hawley said the software failed to alert the screener of the test."

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  1. ROFL! by frinkacheese · · Score: -1, Troll

    And even more ROFL! That's not the busiest passenger airport by a stretch!

  2. Random number generator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wonder if this software uses the same "random" number generator that ensures only suspicious-looking people get "randomly" screened. That way suspicious-looking people are chosen to "randomly" have imaginary bombs in their luggage.

  3. They're easily confused. by RonaldReagan · · Score: -1, Troll

    I love going to the airport and seeing those trained Nigerian monkeys running the security equipment. It makes me feel so absolutely safe that airport security everywhere is ran by African immigrants.

    Seriously, can we pay money for competent people, or is that asking too goddamn much for our safety?