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Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan by lelele on Monday October 18, 2010 @08:38AM (#1803203)
> Security checks on the pilots are not attempting to prevent pilots from causing harm-- they are attempting to close a loophole which would allow people impersonating pilots to do harm.

Wouldn't fingerprints be enough to avoid identity theft?

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Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan by stakent on Monday October 18, 2010 @09:13AM (#1803328)
Among less or more technical means to clone somebodys fingerprints to fool the reader there is circumventing method involving the axe.

I've heard this method was used in Asia by some car thieves.

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Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan by lelele on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @05:13AM (#1806580)
Gasp! :-|

However, security officers would block anyone trying to pass past security checks using chopped off fingers or fake ones.

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