Monday 23 November 2015

Airline boarding pass bar codes can make you vulnerable to scammers

Nearly 50 million people will be traveling more than 50 miles from home during the Thanksgiving holiday season.

According to AAA, that’s the most since 2007 and many of those people will be traveling by air.

However, did you know you’re more vulnerable to identity thieves while traveling through airports than you may think.

On the surface, the airline boarding pass you have for your next flight doesn’t appear to have a lot of personal information. It includes your name and basic flight itinerary.

But, cyber security expert Jamie Miller says below the surface is very personal information.

“You have to protect that information like it’s your credit card,” Miller said. For the full article click here 



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