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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 11:07 am
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Originally Posted by jkhuggins
And herein lies the "problem". As long as passengers are permitted to print their own boarding passes outside of an airport, TSA will have a problem determining if the boarding pass is legitimate. Since TSA relies on the boarding pass to determine positive (PreCheck) or negative (SSSS) eligibility for screening, this is going to be an inherent flaw in the system.
Good god-- why does everyone keep posting about a flaw that doesn't exist. Do people not understand what an electronic signature is? This has been posted several times already.

I am starting to question the competence and literacy of my fellow FT'ers.
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