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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 12:15 pm
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Originally Posted by niksal
..How is that possible in these days? I know there is just a rapid bp-check at the gate, and apparently nobody collect bp:s, there's no electronical scanning etc. But it doesn't give very much confidence! I consider it a serious security breach that I doubt would happen on European airlines, where all boarding passes are scanned.

Is this common in US/Canada?
How could it possibly be a "security breach" when you've been through screening? Are Europeans that paranoid?
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