Ryan Singel
Security

Northwest Airlines Hates Boarding Pass Generator

Not surprisingly, Northwest Airlines doesn’t seem too happy with Christopher Soghoian’s Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator, according to a company statement. Northwest Airlines is cooperating with law enforcement and government agencies on this matter. The airline determines the validity of boarding the aircraft, not the validity of gaining access beyond the TSA security checkpoint. Northwest […]

Northwest Airlines jumbo jet

Not surprisingly, Northwest Airlines doesn't seem too happy with Christopher Soghoian's Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator, according to a company statement.

Northwest Airlines is cooperating with law enforcement and government agencies on this matter. The airline determines the validity of boarding the aircraft, not the validity of gaining access beyond the TSA security checkpoint. Northwest verifies boarding passes prior to boarding through bar code scans or other methods and persons with unauthorized boarding passes cannot gain access to Northwest aircraft. If it is determined that a fraudulent boarding pass has been presented, Northwest immediately alerts the
TSA and law enforcement agencies.

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__Update: __Full story here.

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