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[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or rather "Canadian man helps to discover major security flaws in US airline industry".

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And in at least one canadian one, who if anyone appears to be the party with the true "flaw" in their security (but it's really just a systemic weakness, and sadly one I expect will be ended because of this dickhead's meddling). It's actually a fascinating story - he was given the ability to set up credentials as part of his job (or was able to re-submit himself for a second set somehow, I'm reading conflicting accounts of exactly how it was done), then just set up an alternative identity for himself that persisted after he left. As far as I understand it the identity was legitimate, it was just never removed from the system so he simply continued to use it. Probably the most interesting thing is that it's so common for pilots and flight attendants to fly inter-carrier, I would not have expected it to be as abusable as it turns out to be.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, I've seen that movie!

That’s abignale. Not abignahli, not abignayli. Abignale

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago

Did they try to Catch him and they couldn’t?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How embarrassing would it be if the pilots were simultaneously incapacitated mid-flight and he had to explain the ruse as they all plummeted to their fiery deaths? Boy, would my face be red.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh, this one is easy: I would just say that I'm a pilot of a completely different type of plane and know nothing about the current.

[–] suddenlyme@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Or ask a trainee 'do you concur?'

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Easier, have 2 drinks

[–] the_flying_pig@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It would be such a huge relief not getting caught lying moments before my death.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Good on him

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Meanwhile, in the Whitehouse.........