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Re:Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searc... by sandworm101 on Monday March 12, 2018 @04:31PM (#16571289)
They dont use tools. For inspection of random phones from non-suspects they just poke around by hand. Only when they find something do they employ actual tools.
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Re:Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searc... by mulmen on Monday March 12, 2018 @04:39PM (#16571377)
Do you have a source on this? Preferably one that will be updated if the policy and practices change?

The only safe assumption is the worst case.

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Re:Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searc... by testvox on Monday March 12, 2018 @04:49PM (#16571466)
Why would they do this rather than simply image the device? How do you know what their protocol is?
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Re:Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searc... by sandworm101 on Monday March 12, 2018 @05:26PM (#16571813)
Because opening a phone and looking at the first few texts/emails is faster than imaging. One cannot take a phone and properly image it in the 5-10 minutes they spend with the average phone.
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Re:Questions for TSA after reports of laptop and phone searc... by figgis on Monday March 12, 2018 @06:20PM (#16572222)
10 minutes is more then enough time to image most devices. Various groups have had stuff like this around for quite a while now. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/34/3458.asp
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