Pre-holiday excitement includes booking, planning, packing, and of course a selfie or two, but more and more people are putting themselves at risk by sharing snaps of their boarding passes on social media.
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According to a security analyst, two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes printed on boarding passes hold a lot of information about you, your travel plans, and your accounts.
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Using a friend’s boarding pass shared on Facebook as an example, the analyst accessed his friend’s record key for the flight he was taking that day.
The analyst was able to gain entry to his friend’s entire account on the airline’s website, his phone number, and other personal information.
By posting your boarding pass online, you’re risking a serious data breach.
Anyone who sees your snaps can potentially access private information — and probably not to do anything good with it.
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So, if you really can’t resist letting your friends and followers know about your holiday, stick to selfies.