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Hacker Holds Key To Free Flights

Posted by Soulskill on from the TSA-bans-cell-phones-and-sitting-down-in-response dept.

mask.of.sanity writes: "A security researcher says he has developed a method to score free flights across Europe by generating fake boarding passes designed for Apple's Passbook app. The 18-year-old computer science undergrad didn't reveal the 'bypass' which gets the holder of the fraudulent ticket past the last scanner and onto the jetway; he's saving that for his talk at Hack in the Box in Amsterdam next month."

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  1. CSS? Does my seat come with extra padding? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoa, talk about floating yourself relative to your original position! If the flight is full can I just sit aligned in the center?

  2. Re:Okay, but... by yakatz · · Score: 4, Funny

    This sounds like part of the plot of Home Alone 2...

  3. Re:Okay, but... by RenderSeven · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just whisper to them "Im the Sky Marshal watching that passenger over there. For everyone's safety find another seat and tell NO ONE." For bonus points, tap your non-existent shoulder holster under your sport coat.

  4. Re:Okay, but... by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pfft, that's the stupid way. You count the number of legs and divide by two!

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