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Research | INSIGHTS, RESEARCH | September 1, 2020

Breaking Electronic Baggage Tags – Lufthansa vs British Airways

If you are reading this article, I will venture to guess that you have already had the ‘pleasure’ of queuing to check a bag at an airport. In order to improve the checking procedure, Electronic Baggage Tag (EBT) solutions are being introduced on the market that leverage the new technologies most travellers have access to nowadays. This time I will take a look at the security posture of two of the most prominent EBT solutions: British Airways’ TAG and Lufthansa’s BAGTAG. First of all, IATA provides an implementation guide for…

Ruben Santamarta

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