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Old Oct 19, 2012, 2:43 pm
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drewguy
 
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Originally Posted by colpuck
It is possible. I wasn't able to identify the string in the barcode information. This maybe a CheckSum code. However, it doesn't matter. Not all boarding passes are scanned at the TSA checkpoint. The photoshop hack from like 5 years is still valid.
All boarding passes for precheck are, though, right?

The text string isn't really what's important, though, it's the barcode that's important, and whether there's some additional bar code validation. I don't know enough about the tech as to how this is done.
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