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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by TallGuyShort on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @08:49PM (#14406768)
Recently delayed by the TSA to the point of missing my turn to board. Was subjected to additional searching. Upon finding nothing, I discovered the extra searching was what they do when you fail the hand swab test. I had not had the test administered. So they administered the test. I passed. They then searched my things again and I was questioned regarding the quantity of business cards I was carrying.

Oh also I'm white.

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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by schoen on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @08:57PM (#14406814)
TSA is not the same agency as CBP. They don't receive the same training, encounter travelers in the same situations, enforce the same laws, or execute the same authority.
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by TallGuyShort on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:29PM (#14406949)
I've had similar experiences with CBP too. It's still a pretty silly unqualified comment. They tend to be on power trips any chance they get, brown or black or white.
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by schoen on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:32PM (#14406961)
I didn't mean to comment on the use of racial profiling; I've just noticed that there's a lot of confusion about the difference between TSA and CBP.
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by jakelazaroff on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:59AM (#14407699)
Pretty sure parent was just saying that it's way more likely to happen to you if you're not white, not that 100% of white people will pass through unaccosted.
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Re:1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing bo... by TallGuyShort on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:55AM (#14409628)
Well given that parent used phrases like "entirely depends" and "definitely", I didn't get that at all. And given my own experience of being consistently delayed in most locations and being white, I think there are clearly more factors. And if true, those factors affect more people and amplify the effect of racially motivated factors.
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