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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. Okay, but... by broginator · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... how do you deal with the inevitable "Hey, you're in my seat" dilemma?

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    s/[stupid comments]/[intelligent discourse]/gi
  2. Just don't fly out of Europe by bunyip · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You might get lucky and get an empty seat. Hint - pick a center seat in the last few rows, these seats suck. However, if you fly into the US or many other countries, they will have received a passenger manifest electronically from the airline. You'll have fun when you get to customs and there's no record of you...