OK, this kind of nuts and kind of creepy but I guess, where there’s a will, there’s a way. #TSA #3DPrinting
The locks give the illusion of security… Pretty much if you want to keep you belongings safe DON’T let your bag out of your sight.
Locks on suitcases were always weak and easily circumvented. Anyone who wanted to access them could do so with minimal effort.
The main point of locks on suitcases is to prevent accidental opening during handling, not to prevent thefts.
Anyone interested in the original image, it can be found here: http://sekurak.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TSA-master-keys.png
Some of those keys look as hard to copy as bending a paperclip is. I saw something in the local news about some guy in capetown copying it. Lucky if you’re not in the us or travelling there it’s not a big problem. Just use a normal padlock.
http://m.news24.com/Traveller/TravelPlanning/WATCH-The-master-risk-of-3-D-printing-to-your-luggage-20150910
D’uh. The moment they insisted that you could not be trusted to pack your own suitcase was the moment those fuckwits became unworthy to paw through my stuff without me being present. And putting a “master key” on a private lock made a joke of the whole idea of a lock. Anyone then had anonymous access and could just as easily PUT SOMETHING IN your bag, as take something out without you knowing.
@Jason_Olivier exactly - flawed system if I ever saw it.