Originally Posted by ceverett

At this point, the bad guys already know what current security protocol is for opening the cockpit door, and I'm guessing they figured it out less than 90 days after it was instituted, probably by doing something as simple as ceaselessly polling friends and relatives who fly regularly.

Sort of like the Taliban/Al Qaeda eavesdropping on the unencrypted data feed from Predator drones, which they have probably been doing for the last 2 years.

Despite years of experience indicating that the opposition is smart and well informed, we still design security protocols that assume the bad guys are a bunch of idiots, which is precisely the best way to get our asses kicked.
Bunch of Westmorelands.