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April 4, 2016 06:59 pm GMT
More about Tech, Airport Security, Tsa, Air Travel, and Travel
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TSA paid IBM $47,400 for an app that only pointed right or left
The United States government paid tens of thousands of dollars to IBM to create software so simple, it could have been created by nearly any beginning-level app developer.
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by developer Kevin Burke show the Transportation Security Administration paid IBM $336,413.59 for "mobile application development," of which $47,400 was used to develop randomization software for the TSA.
The app, which you can see in action the video below, is essentially a random number generator — assigning passengers to right or left lanes at airport security. Read more...
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