Student publishing boarding pass program gets door kicked in

Bogus Boarding Pass program warrants visit from FBI, ransaked home and warrant taped to his kitchen table. See also, Christopher Soghoian's blog; see also Schneier on security blog; excerpt from his November 2nd posting:

"If you can make a fake boarding pass, you can get through airport security with it. Big deal; we know.

You can also use a fake boarding pass to fly on someone else's ticket. The trick is to have two boarding passes: one legitimate, in the name the reservation is under, and another phony one that matches the name on your photo ID. Use the fake boarding pass in your name to get through airport security, and the real ticket in someone else's name to board the plane.

This means that a terrorist on the no-fly list can get on a plane: He buys a ticket in someone else's name, perhaps using a stolen credit card, and uses his own photo ID and a fake ticket to get through airport security. Since the ticket is in an innocent's name, it won't raise a flag on the no-fly list."