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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. Re:Actual Link to the zip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If the individual’s photo ID is a passport issued by the Government of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, or Algeria, refer the individual for selectee screening...

  2. Re:The real link to the cryptome file by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FFS, don't mod the fucker down - the dude's trying to provide the link. Fucktards with mod points.

  3. Re:Redaction by unitron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What, you don't recognize transport transport protocol when you see it?

    The PDF is being delivered by Zip Trucking Company.

    "They're the zippiest!"

    --

    I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.

  4. TSA? by angularbanjo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I never realised that the Tourette Syndrome Association had such power. Who the f*** gave them that? ********!