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House committee issues report and finds fault with TSA web site

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2008-01-15 09:35:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...TSA Desyne Web Services Victims Certain people that used the TSA traveler redress website between October 6, 2006 and February 13, 2007 Number Affected thousands Types of Data Name, Social Security number, birth date, birth place, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, address, and home and work telephone number Breach Description...
 
Tags: tsa, website, website contract, traveler redress website, tsa moved quickly, security breach, information security breach, security vulnerabilities, multiple security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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TSA Misses the Point, Again

2008-01-29 15:13:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...TSA screeners spotted altered passports, fraudulent visas and resident ID cards, and forged driver's licenses. Many of them were arrested on immigration charges ID checks have nothing to do with airport security. And even if they did, anyone can fly on a fake ID. And enforcing immigration laws is not what the TSA does In related news, look at...
 
Tags: tsa, tsa screeners, tsa agent, tsa document checker, screeners, passenger ids, passenger, screeners inspect, airport
 
 
 
 
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Another TSA move that doesn't make sense

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2008-06-09 19:58:07 by HASH0x8b1860c in StillSecure, After All These Years
...TSA may not be the brightest bulbs on Broadway. I read a blog on C/Net today that once again proved to me that they are either incredibly naive or don't really think things through. Almost since 9/11 you could still fly on US airlines without showing ID. It would subject you to increased scrutiny and a pat down search, but if you did not have...
 
Tags: tsa, rights, produce, refuse, people, security, extra security, privacy rights, real life terrorist
 
 
 
 
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Another TSA move that doesn't make sense

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2008-06-09 19:34:53 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...TSA may not be the brightest bulbs on Broadway. I read a blog on C/Net today that once again proved to me that they are either incredibly naive or don't really think things through. Almost since 9/11 you could still fly on US airlines without showing ID. It would subject you to increased scrutiny and a pat down search, but if you did not have...
 
Tags: tsa, rights, produce, refuse, people, security, extra security, privacy rights, real life terrorist
 
 
 
 
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TSA's Ideal Laptop Bag

2008-03-07 10:42:34 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...TSA RFI pointed out that the laptop bag would need to meet the following requirements The carrying bag cannot exceed any one of the proposed dimensions 16 inches in height, 24 inches wide and 36 inches long The materials that make up the bag cannot degrade the quality of the X-ray image of the laptop No straps, pockets, zippers, handles or...
 
Tags: laptop bag, bag, laptop, bag designers, laptop bags, tsa, inches, inches wide, x-ray image
 
 
 
 
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Airlines Profiting from TSA Rules

2008-05-20 06:51:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...TSA rule. And two, a TSA rule that requires them to ignore what is obvious
 
Tags: ticket, award ticket, security, transportation security administration, ticket slide, security personnel, tsa rule, airlines, frequent flier account
 
 
 
 
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Are we going to need TSA backdoors to encryption

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2008-06-15 09:36:00 by HASH0x8b63d64 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...TSA will demand encryption vendors to put in a back door or secret key that will allow the TSA to decrypt the data similar to what they do with the special luggage locks now I know what they can do. Perhaps they can go back to Checkpoint and find out for sure about those back doors that they always suspected was in their software and see if...
 
Tags: personal data, data, confidential data, government, laptop, court, border laptop, 9th circuit court, border
 
 
 
 
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Are we going to need TSA backdoors to encryption

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2008-06-15 10:36:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...TSA will demand encryption vendors to put in a back door or secret key that will allow the TSA to decrypt the data similar to what they do with the special luggage locks now I know what they can do. Perhaps they can go back to Checkpoint and find out for sure about those back doors that they always suspected was in their software and see if...
 
Tags: personal data, data, confidential data, government, laptop, court, border laptop, 9th circuit court, border
 
 
 
 
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DRM Scorecard Makes Me Wonder: The Media Industry and the TSA, Sadistic or Incompetent?

2007-08-02 08:19:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...TSA were sadistic rather than incompetent. It would be comical to see these two groups meeting for the first time over drinks trying to one up each other We made a list comprised of thousands of names. If you fly and your name is even remotely similar to one on the list, we do extra searchesevery time you fly.over and over again. The kicker...
 
Tags: media industry, industry, media industry views, illogical behavior impedes, drm, behavior, drm scorecard, secret, secret internal referendum
 
 
 
 
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Five-Year-Old Boy Detained by the TSA

2008-01-10 10:53:20 by schneier in Schneier on Security