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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by tass on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:29PM (#24123025)
I’ve had my ticket tagged a couple of times with ‘SSSS’ which means I got an additional security check.

What gets me about this is it’s well known and easy to see on the ticket, and if someone was up to something that day they would surely just see it on their ticket and walk out of the airport.

Like many policies, it’s been really poorly implemented and I don’t believe it enhances security whatsoever.

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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by gruez on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:38PM (#24123176)
>if someone was up to something that day they would surely just see it on their ticket and walk out of the airport.

or... have two tickets prepared (shouldn't be too hard, it's not like they have security features on them), and swap them if your ticket gets marked.

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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by kube-system on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:51PM (#24123389)
IIRC, all tickets are marked. If you are good-to-go you get some sort of identifying mark for the person who checked your ID.
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