[IP] Get a boarding pass, steal someone's identity

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: May 7, 2006 12:53:41 PM EDT
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Subject: Get a boarding pass, steal someone's identity


I got this pointer off of Paul Hoffman's blog. Basically, a reporter
uses information on a discarded boarding pass to find out far too much
about the person who threw it away....

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/idcards/story/0,,1766266,00.html

The story may be exaggerated but it feels quite real. Certainly I've
found similar issues in the past.

These days, I shred practically anything with my name on it before
throwing it out. Perhaps I'm paranoid, but then again...

--  
Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com

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