vermilye headquarters fort lauderdale florida united states website travelsentry.org travel sentry is a company that develops and licenses standards used in travel security including a standard for luggage locks that can be opened by aviation security agencies such as the transportation security administration . contents 1 history 2 luggage locks 3 gallery 4 master key compromise 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit travel sentry was founded in 2003 . the first locks manufactured to the travel sentry approved standards went on sale on november 12 2003 . initially only key and combination padlocks were manufactured using this standard . in 2004 the first luggage with integrated travel sentry locks were introduced . as of 2014 there are over 300 million travel sentry locks and luggage in circulation . luggage locks edit travel sentry approved mark travel sentry developed a lock system that is accepted and recognized by the tsa and other security agencies and allows them using special tools and codes to open and re lock locks . the tools provided by travel sentry are at every luggage screening checkpoint at all 450 airports controlled by the tsa . 1 the travel sentry system is used by security agencies in austria canada finland germany israel japan south korea netherlands switzerland and the usa . the system is licensed by over 500 companies worldwide primarily luggage brands lock manufacturers and distributors of travel goods . gallery edit luggage with tsa lock tsa lock combination padlock 3d printed master keys 2 for over 300 million locks 3 master key compromise edit in a 2014 article in the washington post 4 a picture of the special tools was included and while this picture has was later removed it quickly spread . 5 security researchers have pointed out that it is now possible for anyone to make new master keys and open the locks without any sign of entry and the locks can now be considered compromised . 6 it is likely that professional thieves have possessed the master keys well before the publication perhaps by reverse engineering the tsa approved locks . 3 see also edit key escrow references edit https web.archive.org web 20140530115943 http www.tsa.gov traveler information baggage locks . archived from the original on may 30 2014 . retrieved may 20 2014 . missing or empty title help tsa travel sentry master keys . github . 2015 09 09 . a b 3d printer blueprints for tsa luggage unlocking master keys leak online . the register . 2015 09 10 . https www.washingtonpost.com local trafficandcommuting where oh where did my luggage go 2014 11 24 16d168c6 69da 11e4 a31c 77759fc1eacc story.html http www.heraldnet.com article 20141130 news02 141139966 https www.schneier.com blog archives 2015 09 tsa master keys.html external links edit travel sentry retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title travel sentry & oldid 738701711 categories 2003 establishments in new hampshirecompanies established in 2003companies based in strafford county new hampshiretravel related organizationshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 15 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view