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Global entry/TSA pre-check is the best $100 you can spend (or not since the application fee is covered by a lot of premium credit cards) Keep shoes, keep laptop in bag, keep jacket on, way shorter line...I’m simulateously happy that not everyone is doing it and dumbfounded why anyone who travels more than a few times a year wouldn’t have it by now.
The moment I pull out my ipad and macbook and entrust the fate of around 3000 dollars worth of electronics to the competence and benevolence of government officials who barely give a shit is my least favorite part of the travel experience
But when are we going to have the real discussion about security theater?
About a year ago I was at an airport (Boston? New Jersey?) outbound that had a sign or TV monitor saying "Great news, you no longer need to take your laptop out of your bag!" I read this sign as a TSA worker shouted every 30 seconds to the shuffling line about how everyone needed to take out all laptops, "ipads", cameras, etc. I wonder if it was a pilot program. Or more likely, just part of the constantly shifting fa…
But when are we going to have the real discussion about security theater?
But when are we going to have the real discussion about security theater?
The elephant deterrence strategy?
But now TSA has started asking me to remove any food items from my bags for the scanner. Does anyone know why?
It been stated that it makes the X-Ray scan easier to read, because passengers have been stuffing their carry on items so full of stuff. Maybe there is some explosive item that has the density of some food. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2018/03/27/tsa-might-a...
But now TSA has started asking me to remove any food items from my bags for the scanner. Does anyone know why?
Explosives usually look similar to organic matter on xrays
I often travel with a big Ziploc bag of stickers (life of a Developer Evangelist). Have started removing it from my bag for security because it usually triggers a search.
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Try asking them why they're not wearing dosimeters. They get really defensive!
This CDC study[0] looked into that question, the answer was inconclusive (with some workers receiving a higher annual dose than is allowed, while most received a safe dosage). The problem seems to be malfunctioning scanners. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2003-0206-3067.pd...
Global entry/TSA pre-check is the best $100 you can spend (or not since the application fee is covered by a lot of premium credit cards) Keep shoes, keep laptop in bag, keep jacket on, way shorter line...I’m simulateously happy that not everyone is doing it and dumbfounded why anyone who travels more than a few times a year wouldn’t have it by now.
Global entry only covers the line for the passport check. You still need to due the next line for luggage (hello LAX) with everyone else.