That TSA-Approved Lock on Your Suitcase Just Got Hacked

By Published on September 12, 2015

It’s a basic fact of life that once you publish something on the Internet, it’s pretty much impossible to get it back. Now illustrating that point with painful clarity, images of the TSA’s master luggage keys have been published online, meaning that anyone with a 3D printer can make their own.

It all started when The Washington Post published a story last November about “the secret life of baggage” that was reportedly accompanied — only briefly— by a photo of the master keys the Transportation Security Administration uses to open what it calls “TSA recognized” luggage locks.

Read the article “That TSA-Approved Lock on Your Suitcase Just Got Hacked” on pcworld.com.

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