Peace Of Mind Devices

Peace Of Mind Devices

Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh

Takeaway message. Don't put important things into your check-in luggage. Those "TSA-Approved" luggage locks can basically be opened by anyone and the TSA doesn't care. "The TSA, as you’ll remember, offers a set of screener-friendly locks. These locks use one of seven master keys that only the TSA can use — until 2014. In an article in The Washington Post, a reporter included a shot of all seven keys on a desk. It wasn’t long before nearly all the keys were made available for 3D printing and, last week, security researchers released the final key.
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The TSA, for their part, doesn’t care, telling The Intercept that “The reported ability to create keys for TSA-approved suitcase locks from a digital image does not create a threat to aviation security. These consumer products are ‘peace of mind’ devices, not part of TSA’s aviation security regime.”

In other words, you might as well not use locks at all."
https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/27/security-experts-have-cloned-all-seven-tsa-master-keys/

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  1. Lia SchollJuly 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM

    The lesson is... don't put anything of value in your suitcase. Stuff goes missing all the time.

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