Tales from Room 641A

Its that kind of monday!

XKCD… How right you are. Sorry professors, but you know it’s true! :-p

Schneier on TSA

Good evening fellow hat wearers. After a recent trip to Seattle, I have a little security venting to do. My flight plan was home to chicago— chicago to Seattle.

My flight to chicago was rather uneventful, enjoyable even. Arriving in Chicago, I made my way to the transfer gate. As we lined up like cattle to enter the pen, I noticed 3 TSA agents and a little push cart by the door.. oh whatever could be happening?

On the loud speaker ” We will begin boarding now… and the TSA will be doing random screenings of carry on luggage” Great…

In Short.. Yes I got picked. Yes I made it through fine.

To vent: The TSA inspection was pure CYAS (Cover Your Ass Security). The inspection was an opening of one of my backpacks zippers, glancing in, and waving me on. (note: my pack has no less than 5 different zipper compartments, and was loaded with wires and electronics) A true waste of time and resources.

Nothing we can do about it….

Nothing we can do about this vulnerability… sorry to all you who get hacked!
Love,

Time warner!

— If you find anywhere on their site where they disclose the issue to clients, or have heard about notifications being sent, please let me know.

Oh so right...

If only the TSA read XKCD….