Travelers react to possibility of bar code app taking flight information

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A generic bar code app has the capability to reveal personal flight information from a traveler’s boarding pass — putting you at risk to would-be thieves.

Visitor Janet Brandes said she was stunned her personal information could be so accessible.

“I’m actually shocked to find out this is capable, that someones actually capable of getting this information,” Brandes said.

WINK News reporter Taylor Bisacky shows visitors at Southwest Florida International Airport how an app can take your information. Watch the full segment above.

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