Clipper for luggage

[David Turner]

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 22:31, Tim Dierks wrote:
>  From the New York Times. Any guesses on how long it'll take before your 
> local hacker will have a key which will open any piece of your luggage?

Local hacker, hell:

> It will also mean more peace of mind for 
> passengers worried about reports of increased pilferage from unlocked bags.

... so, TSA people are stealing from unlocked bags.  The solution:

> "In other words, we can open it, but no one else can."

... allow only the TSA to get into bags.  Brilliant!

Actually, this does have some security benefit, in that now TSA can be
effectively held responsible for thefts.  Still, the subject is quite
accurate, except that it won't be mandatory as Clipper is.


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-Dave Turner
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