http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/ Engadget Comments for Cellphone boarding pass gets tested, experience gets journaled http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.cypher-sec.org/blog/?p=150 to included the (at the time) live experience qik video stream: http://qik.com/video/139310# I created at the airport.

It's got ALLOT of quirks to work through, especially with typically lazy and power hungry TSA agents who either are not up on changes in their job or just make their own rules, "cause they are the "law". Obviously not all TSA agents are that way, but to many are to make it even easy to use without a pointless backup.]]>Nov 27th 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
but its more of a nuisance to pull it out

how about a secret hand shake?]]>Nov 28th 2008 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 30th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/@ iEye - agreed .. some sort of ID ought to be required (they do do this in the US for people boarding flights??)]]>Nov 27th 2008 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 29th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/The ticket information is usually tied to the credit card used to pay for the trip which is kinda convenient I guess, just swipe to check in.]]>Nov 27th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
After lots of bewilderment from the TSA folks (including one guy who whipped out his iPhone to show off all his apps!) I eventually got most of the way through security, only to get rejected AFTER going through the metal detector by a supervisor. I had to go back to start and print a boarding pass from a kiosk. So I guess it really depends on the airport.]]>Nov 27th 2008 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
Mobile Boarding Pass option is currently available for departures from the following cities: Houston, New York/Newark Liberty, Boston, Austin, LaGuardia, San Antonio, Cleveland and Washington, D.C. departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Customers have the option of Mobile Boarding on nonstop domestic flights and this option is only for single travelers.]]>Nov 27th 2008 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
Making the fake boarding pass is a two minute job with and decent software. You don't even need fake id.

If the TSA were smart enough to put numeric codes on the boarding pass they could find the fake ones without even checking them against a computer. The person trying to exploit the system wouldn't know what code was good for a certain day, airline, or departure time. So easy to implement. But left wide open instead.

Electronic boarding passes open up a million more tracking mechanisms to government agencies.

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I've never used this QR boarding pass, but do they still verify this with your credit card?]]>Dec 18th 2008 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
Airline companies offer boarding passes ready to be printed off their website. These ones are easy to forge. Clearly enough, the boarding pass isn't a high priority in the security. The screening is.]]>Nov 27th 2008 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
Wow, low rankage... I hope you pro-terrorist commentors enjoy your stay abroad, just remember not to tell anyone you have american/british passports...]]>Nov 27th 2008 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
http://www.leanblog.org/2008/11/new-technology-that-doesnt-serve.html

http://www.leanblog.org/2008/11/follow-up-on-mobile-boarding-passes.html

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http://www.locallytype.com/2008/10/21/ipod-touch-serves-as-a-flight-ticket-a-real-e-ticket/]]>Nov 27th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 27th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
Whats this paper you speak of ? :)]]>Nov 28th 2008 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/ LAS on Friday using the mobile check in and my TSA agent seemed fine with it. In fact, when the thing wouldn't scan from my iPod Touch, she asked if I could make it bigger. I did the pinch and she thought that was the coolest thing and laughed. The one hitch was what I do to get through the magnetometer as I clearly just put my ticket vis a vis iPod thought he scanner. The initial ticket checker TSA agent had to call out to the guy frisking me. That's the only problem...

So all I can tell Mr. Martin is to use the security check in connected to the parking garage (which has significantly shorter NWA checkin lines, and more importantly shorter TSA lines) and perhaps they're less tiffed by his techniness. ]]>Dec 2nd 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/]]>Nov 28th 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
"Change your battery then."

"Well.. uhm....."]]>Nov 28th 2008 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
For anyone interested

http://blog.iloveqatar.net/2008/10/the-quickest-flight-in-history/ - 22/10/2008
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I had a similar experience on my return from Indianapolis, however, the TSA officials were trying to use a handheld scanner which took a little longer to scan.

I think your experiences may vary and I would not let my or the blogger's experiences turn you off to a very convenient method of checking in on the run. I was able to check in on my iPhone during the drive to the airport and get my boarding pass (and a first class upgrade for checking in so early). Had I waited until I got the airport I likely would not have gotten the upgrade and would have been more pressed for time. This is great technology!!]]>Nov 28th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/Nov 28th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/27/cellphone-boarding-pass-gets-tested-experience-gets-journaled/
When I got to the American Airlines gate, I could not pull it up again. I will work out the logistics on my next trip. For now, I will leave time to go the paper route at the airport. This does save me the hassle of checking in and printing paper. And since I am more likely to keep up with my phone and not paper, I will favor this mode of check in over paper.]]>Nov 28th 2008 1:55PM