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Never dispose of your boarding pass at the airport, and that is why
When you have already registered for the flight, then take care, of course, only a passport and boarding pass. But what you do with it after you let on board? Site found out something very important about the boarding pass and hurry to share with vami.Nekotorye people are so proud that they go abroad, without a second thought pictures of "ticket" and the passport as a souvenir. Some, on the other hand, get rid of the boarding pass as soon as he finds them "no longer needed", throwing it in the trash.
And they both admit a very serious mistake.
In view of the boarding pass - it's just a piece of cardboard on which were written the passenger's name, flight number, destination, number of its place and "gate", which is necessary to pass the gate. Therefore, people often take pictures of it, spread shot in twitter or facebook, and then throw "an unnecessary piece of paper" in the trash.
But did you know that you can not do?
Forensic expert from the United States, Winston Krohn explains: each ticket has a bar code. and it contains a personal information passenger: his name, home address, e-mail address, phone, and sometimes your financial information!
Of course, if the hacker will be able to scan the bar code on your ticket, all your data will be at risk!
Now, just imagine: you hang out on the joys of the picture on Facebook of his ticket and fly away. The thief sees your post, knows that in the next week you will not have the house, and then find out where you live! Or worse: ticket is employee of the airport, which is no problem to gain access to your data and rob your apartment. Or withdraw money from your bank account!
Make sure that your boarding pass is with you until the end of the trip. Then tear it into small-small pieces and throw in the resort of the country, where about you, no one knows anything.
And, of course, never take pictures card!
Otherwise, your confidential information can be located at a distance from the perpetrators in a couple of clicks!
Source Elite Readers, translation Lifter
via factroom.ru
And they both admit a very serious mistake.
In view of the boarding pass - it's just a piece of cardboard on which were written the passenger's name, flight number, destination, number of its place and "gate", which is necessary to pass the gate. Therefore, people often take pictures of it, spread shot in twitter or facebook, and then throw "an unnecessary piece of paper" in the trash.
But did you know that you can not do?
Forensic expert from the United States, Winston Krohn explains: each ticket has a bar code. and it contains a personal information passenger: his name, home address, e-mail address, phone, and sometimes your financial information!
Of course, if the hacker will be able to scan the bar code on your ticket, all your data will be at risk!
Now, just imagine: you hang out on the joys of the picture on Facebook of his ticket and fly away. The thief sees your post, knows that in the next week you will not have the house, and then find out where you live! Or worse: ticket is employee of the airport, which is no problem to gain access to your data and rob your apartment. Or withdraw money from your bank account!
Make sure that your boarding pass is with you until the end of the trip. Then tear it into small-small pieces and throw in the resort of the country, where about you, no one knows anything.
And, of course, never take pictures card!
Otherwise, your confidential information can be located at a distance from the perpetrators in a couple of clicks!
Source Elite Readers, translation Lifter
via factroom.ru
