What’s in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot

ronjor · Oct 7, 2015

The next time you’re thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and the codes printed on airline boarding passes may allow someone to discover more about you, your future travel plans, and your frequent flyer account.
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http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/whats-in-a-boarding-pass-barcode-a-lot/

Dermot7 · Nov 12, 2015

A boarding pass can hold all sorts of information useful to an identify thief, such as a victim’s frequent flyer number. Now, it turns out that simply scanning the boarding pass itself could potentially be used to hack computers, too.
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http://motherboard.vice.com/read/ba...customized-boarding-passes-can-hack-computers

imdb · Nov 12, 2015

good golly. thanks for the heads up. gotta get a shredder asap.
or gotta use electronic/mobile boarding pass instead of a printed one from now on.

Minimalist · Apr 30, 2017

Dangerous Airline Boarding Pass Hacking Trend Puts Travelers At Risk

Celebrities do it. Your annoying jet setting friends did it just last week. It’s the gravy of all the annoying #soblessed nomads you know on the internet.

But just because posting a photo of your first-class airline ticket is the best humble brag ever, doesn’t mean you should commit this privacy faux pas and wreck your next vacation, possibly becoming a victim of identity theft in the future as well.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexan...ing-pass-hacking-trend-puts-travelers-at-risk

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