The TSA Randomizer iPad app has two jobs: 1) point left or right, and 2) do it randomly. It’s an app a novice coder would write. And it cost the TSA $1.4 million. In the video below Android developer ...

Correction: TSA says the “total development costs” of the app were $47,400, not $336,413.59. They also confirmed that the app was part of a larger contract with IBM. See more below. If you’ve flown ...

The internet is full of random number generators, random word generators, and even random taco generators. Creating a program that generates random numbers is one of the simplest coding exercises—in ...

If you've flown across the country at any point in the past couple of years, you've probably come into contact with the Transportation Security Administration's Randomizer app on the iPad. It's an ...

The Transportation Security Administration spent $1.4 million to randomly select passengers who don't have to wait in long TSA lines. At the very least, New York Magazine reported the agency spent ...

Sometimes, if luck is on your side, you can get a free trip through the quick and painless lane of airport security. At around 100 airports, TSA agents armed with iPads ease congestion by randomly ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Transportation Security Administration spent $1.4 million to randomly select passengers who don't have to wait in long TSA lines. At the very least, New York Magazine reported ...

The advent of the PreCheck program has made trips to the airport far less stressful, but how does the TSA keep the screening process secure and unpredictable? Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the ...