TSA Tests Automated ID Authentication

CowboyRobot writes "Last year, a Nigerian man boarded a plane from N.Y. to L.A. using an invalid ID and a boarding pass issued to another person. A week later he was caught again with 10 expired boarding passes. In response to this and similar events, the Transportation Security Administration has begun testing a new system at Washington's Dulles International Airport that verifies an air traveler's identity by matching photo IDs to boarding passes and ensures that boarding passes are authentic. The test will soon be expanded to Houston and Puerto Rico."

a first

[zlives]

sign of sensibility from TSA... the world will end in 2012

Dear Mr. TSA:

[GodfatherofSoul]

I recent inherited $30 million dollars US that I must hide from local tax collector. If you would kindly allow me to fly for free, I will deposit the sum of $2 million dollars in you account. Pleese allow my assistant to board your flight.

Thanks you,

Mujibar Undooku
Prime Minister of Financial Affairs, Nigeria

Re:loopholes

[houstonbofh]

"We are already scanning the luggage, irradiating the passengers and groping their balls... What else can we do?"

"Check to see if they are actually on a flight?"

Re:a first

[Jason Levine]

What they haven't announced yet is, for the automated system to work, you first step into a room where a bunch of robotic arms probe your various orifices as painfully as possible. Then, for no apparent reason, you are hit with a high dose of radiation. If you oppose this sensible security measure, clearly you support the terrorists!

Re:What a waste!

[Anonymous Coward]

"The TSA aren't needed at all. This is just a case of making sure those who get on the plane have paid."

Yep, can't have cheap bastards flying into our buildings.

Re:Why does it matter?

[wrook]

Ah, you see, they can't really verify that you aren't carrying anything dangerous. So, instead, they try to keep people with a long history of suicide bombings off the plane. I mean, if they've blown themselves up on 4 of their last 5 trips, there's a good chance that they will do it again.

It's not so hard to understand. You just have to start thinking like the TSA.