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3D-printable files of TSA master baggage keys are out for download
If you never trusted your luggage lock much to begin with, then you're going to warily look at it in suspicion from now on. Some security enthusiasts took that photo of TSA's master baggage keys that The Washington Post published and turned them into 3D-printable CAD files -- in fact, they've recently uploaded them on GitHub, making them freely available to everyone. The person who released the files told Wired that while he tried to be as accurate as he could, he didn't… (www.engadget.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'm with dj horton. The whole world uses zip ties for security(lots of them are numbered). If TSA opens your bag, they will leave a note and put on a new zip tie.
I hope you're not using regular zip ties and thinking they are secure?
They are not secure, but they alert you if some one has opened your bag. It is only a deterrent. Thieves play the odds. They go after the low hanging fruit.
I never lock my check in baggage anyway, these locks offer no security at all.
Hardly a big deal. Those locks wouldn't keep a curious 13-year-old out, let alone an experienced theif. I use a TSA lock to simply keep the zippers together and then back it up with a zip tie. The zip tie isn't any stronger, but if it's missing at least I know TSA has been rummaging through my bag.
Locks with the small number of master keys? Anyone who isn't TSA could always have just bought some locks and busted them open to get the pattern. All this did was make life a little easier.
The TSA-approved locks already have an indicator that shows when the luggage has been searched.
I think the bigger issue is that dishonest baggage handlers can now easily go through your luggage without having to let the entire bag disappear. That is going to attract far less attention and make it less likely that they will be caught.
Given the huge number of thefts within the baggage handling system, that's a really bad development.
I think the bigger issue is that dishonest baggage handlers can now easily go through your luggage without having to let the entire bag disappear. That is going to attract far less attention and make it less likely that they will be caught.
Given the huge number of thefts within the baggage handling system, that's a really bad development.