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"TSA has not audited these devices for even the most basic security issues" This to me is the most troublesome aspect of this an entire ordeal. Any security pe
by BorisMelnik 12y ago
"TSA has not audited these devices for even the most basic security issues"
This to me is the most troublesome aspect of this an entire ordeal. Any security pen-testing firm with their wits about them could have discovered these backdoors in a few simple audits.
The fact that he was able to find all of these is very worrisome to me. I can only imagine what other bugs/backdoors are built in to these systems.
Does any of this security matter with the fact that you can build weapons using airport giftshop items?
http://www.wired.com/2013/12/terminal-cornucopia/ http://www.wired.com/2013/12/terminal-cornucopia/
- MichaelApproved 12y agoThe weapons in the video are not powerful enough to take down an airliner. They'd likely harm a handful of people nearby or blow a small hole in the side of the plane but not much more than that. A small hole in the side of the plane would likely not cause it to crash. Of course, I don't mean to be flippant with regards to the lives of people close by but it's not a larger threat than someone doing this on the ground. The biggest point of airport security is to keep the planes from falling out of the sky or flown into buildings.
- BorisMelnik 12y agoarguing for arguments sake: 9/11 happened with a box cutter
- ufmace 12y agoBecause passengers believed that the result of a hijacking was to land in a third-world country and eventually be released after negotiation mostly regarding things that have nothing to do with them. Once the passengers believe that the result of a hijacking is to be flown into the side of a national monument, you're gonna need a lot more than box cutters to hold them back. As we saw before the 9/11 attacks were even completed.