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I was wondering about the same thing regarding those TSA locks. My fancy new luggage comes with combination locks and in addition with one of those TSA locks.
by CaptainZapp 14y ago
I was wondering about the same thing regarding those TSA locks.
My fancy new luggage comes with combination locks and in addition with one of those TSA locks.
The thing is, how many different lock combinations are they? (My guess: less then a dozen)
How widely must the master keys be distributed? Well, in multiple instance to every airport in the US and then some
How long until a bunch of dodgy luggage handlers own a set of those locks?
While the consideration not having to break your luggage is nice the implementation seems not very secure to begin with (yeah: I know: neither are luggage locks, but still)
- jgrahamc 14y agoDetails analysis of the TSA locks: http://download.security.org/tsa_luggage_locks_report.pdf http://download.security.org/tsa_luggage_locks_report.pdf
- smackfu 14y agoThat's depressing. Especially the part about how you can just bust open the zipper on a locked bag anyways.
- nathan_long 14y agoThat's an excellent starting point to explain why we shouldn't accept encryption that has backdoors.
- andrewingram 14y agoI basically use luggage padlocks as an over-the-top way of making sure the zipper doesn't come undone accidentally. Of course, I could achieve the same thing with a paperclip.