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3D reproduction of TSA Master keys

NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild | Sep 2023
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You can also 3D print the TSA master keys - here's the link https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys
Ask HN: TSA stole my wallet from checked luggage. What can I do? | Apr 2022
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> Even though TSA keys should be secure, I doubt that there aren't counterfeit ones around.

There are: https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys
Ask HN: TSA stole my wallet from checked luggage. What can I do? | Apr 2022
TSA keys aren’t secure. For example, there’s https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys, which states

“pictures of TSA master baggage keys got leaked by the Washington Post and also PDFs hosted on TravelSentry's Website. This repo is a reproduction attempt.

[…]

The TSA has issued an official statement making it known that they don't even care that we've done this, as the now-pointless locks affect theft prevention, not airline safety.“

Postbank to replace 12M bank cards after employees steal 'master key' | Jun 2020
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Don't forget the TSA travel master keys, which can now be 3-D printed by anyone using this repo: https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys
Attorney General Barr and Encryption | Aug 2019
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Actually you can 3-D print a set of TSA keys now.

https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys
Denied Entry | Jun 2017
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Just think of TSA locks as open source locks https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys
Trackers | Mar 2016
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> Would that be considered OK if they asked lockers makers to make their locks accept a master key

Didn't TSA do exactly this, only to have CAD designs of the master keys reverse-engineered from a photo and posted in GitHub? https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys
Times Pulls Article Blaming Encryption in Paris Terror Attack | Nov 2015
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Not "might become available", they already are - https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys

Someone posted a photo of master keys and Internet was, as usual, the Internet.
Lockpickers 3-D Print TSA Master Luggage Keys from Leaked Photos | Sep 2015
Can someone give me a rough estimate of how much it costs to 3D print them?

https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys

If it's cheap enough I'd love to hand them out at airports to travelers as a demonstration of how terrible the TSA is.

Lockpickers 3-D Print TSA Master Luggage Keys from Leaked Photos | Sep 2015
The 3d-printable files are on Github here: https://github.com/Xyl2k/TSA-Travel-Sentry-master-keys