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TSA's Sloppy Redacting Reveals All

Posted by kdawson on from the hire-a-competent-clerk-why-don'tcha dept.

A travel blog breaks the story of a poor job of redacting by the TSA: they posted a PDF of airport screening policies, with certain sections blacked out — not realizing that simply laying a black rectangle over the text is hardly sufficient. Cryptome has posted a copy with the redaction removed (ZIP).

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  1. I've always had the greatest confidence in TSA by edwebdev · · Score: 5, Funny

    but must admit that this strikes a blow to their reputation for competence and effectiveness.

  2. Redaction by A+Guy+From+Ottawa · · Score: 5, Funny

    ttp:cryptomeorgtsa-screeningzip

    The cryptome URL has been redacted. Nothing to see here, move along.

    Sincerely,
    TSA

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  3. Re:Actual Link to the zip by Kral_Blbec · · Score: 5, Funny

    dude, you zipped a pdf....
    thats almost as bad as when my mom puts a jpg in a doc to email it.

  4. Re:TSA? by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since when has global significance been a requirement for slashdot articles? Half the time significance isn't even a requirement.

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  5. Re:Actual Link to the zip by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which, as the summary explains, is absolutely true.

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