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TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone

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Re: TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone

#5

My take away from this... Put your name and number on your valuables just in case someone picks them up by accident.

You can put any message you want on your macbooks login/lock screen. Mine contains contact information just in case I loose it. Might actually pay off to put a sticker on it as well.

Re: TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone

#8
This sucks, but I can totally seeing it happen. Surprised it doesn't happen more often.

I'm not one for snarky comments, but when it comes to the TSA there are so many to make.

Maybe the TSA director will help you out with his $90k in bonuses he got (for who knows what) - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/23/479242102/...

Or, maybe it's part of their broader effort to boost their pre-check enrollment (http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tsas-precheck-conundrum-1412...) - pay us $85 and we won't steal your stuff - promise!

Re: TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone

#9

This sucks, but I can totally seeing it happen. Surprised it doesn't happen more often. I'm not one for snarky comments, but when it comes to the TSA there are so many to make. Maybe the TSA director will help you out with his $90k in bonuses he got (for who knows what) - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/23/479242102/... Or, maybe it's part of their broader effort to boost their pre-check enrollment ( h…

That guy got fired yesterday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tsa-security_us_5743a892...

Re: TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone

#10

My take away from this... Put your name and number on your valuables just in case someone picks them up by accident.

Doesn't do much good when someone making $13/hour[1] hands your stuff off to someone else without a second glance.

[1] http://work.chron.com/tsa-officers-make-16008.html

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