Geeks beware flying out of USA – more silliness…

Argh.

New Arbitrary TSA requirement: all electronics out of your bag (cables, too)

Wow, flying out of SFO just became much worse. While traveling this morning I surprised to find out that TSA is now requiring that you remove all electronic devices from your carry-on bags, including cables etc. and place them in a separate bin to be scanned at the security checkpoints. Along with slowing down the line to a crawl, this will undoubtedly lead to people losing expensive equipment, not to mention the possiblity for your stuff to be accidentally taken by someone else or even stolen.

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3 responses to “Geeks beware flying out of USA – more silliness…”

  1. JC

    Oh yuck. I just flew to/from Norway with a full portable forensic kit. This would have been a sodding nightmare

  2. Yet out of T1 Heathrow they no longer ask you to remove your laptop.

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