At some airports TSA does scan boarding passes and match the name to ID cards; where they do, it's done out in the open (these airports are usually also where m

At some airports TSA does scan boarding passes and match the name to ID cards; where they do, it's done out in the open (these airports are usually also where mobile boarding passes are supported). The barcode data on the boarding cards is supposedly encrypted to make sure someone on a watch list can't buy a ticket in a "clean" name and modify it to match the name on their photo ID.