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Seems a little unlikely that criminals are organising to buy plane tickets or obtain security clearances to steal things on security camera in a place crowded with security personnel when they could steal MacBooks just as easily by, say, wandering into a shared workspace.


If they happen to be flying somewhere, and there's a laptop free for the taking, why not?


Vastly increased chance of being caught?

Especially since if they "happen to be flying somewhere", they're not exactly desperately short of cash.


You can fly 'somewhere' for $29 - airports aren't just for the rich...


That seems like the exact opposite of what the GP is suggesting.


Why buy a ticket when you can print a fake one?

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/11/forge_your_ow...


Good luck trying to exploit that 10 year old security hole and not finding yourself under interrogation by someone a bit more menacing than the TSA.

Or, alternatively, if stealing laptops is your thing, you could steal them from the sort of location where people hold the door open for you.




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