3D printer blueprints for TSA luggage-unlocking master keys leak online

  • 10 September 2015
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That padlock on your bag? Easy to open by anyone now

 
                                                      


 
10 Sep 2015 at 19:14, Kieren McCarthy
 
The integrity of more than 300 million travel locks has been compromised after 3D printing files for a range of master keys were posted online.
 
In other words, if you have a luggage lock with a keyhole for the authorities to use (saving them from smashing open your padlock), people can now print their own keys to open your bags.
 
A number of amateur 3D printers have printed the skeleton keys using the blueprints, and posted photos of their successful attempts at opening Travel Sentry locks on social media.
 
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