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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by dragonwriter on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:07AM (#19533777)
> It's been around long enough that people accept it as normal, it serves no other purpose than to employ the unemployable and fill contractors' coffers

It serves the purpose of removing liability for security from airlines, which is the major reason why it was created. It also serves the purpose of getting people used to progressively more intrusive government inspection during routine situations.

> and it seems that no entity is able to stop or dismantle it.

There are entities that are able to, but they don't want to, because they like what it does.

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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Scoundreller on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:53AM (#19534559)
Don’t forget about express lanes for those willing to consent and pay away their rights.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by henrikschroder on Sunday March 31, 2019 @06:03AM (#19534742)
$100 for five years of Global Entry is:

1) A fucking racket.

2) Totally worth it!

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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Scoundreller on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:20PM (#19536372)
It is a racket. Get a nexus pass for ~US$40 and it’s good for Canada and US, including Nexus.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by bobthepanda on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:03PM (#19536683)
IIRC Nexus is more of a hassle to get because you need to be in an area where Canadian customs officials are also present.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by xvf22 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:31AM (#19533880)
And yet if someone pockets a grenade in their rectum, the system fails.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by sieabahlpark on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:57AM (#19534142)
Pretty sure that'll show up in the X-ray.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by arcticbull on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:21AM (#19534195)
Are they X-raying people now?
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by isostatic on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:05AM (#19534446)
No. It would show up on a good old fashioned metal detector that we had in the 80s and 90s though
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Sir_Substance on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:22AM (#19534481)
Hrm, that's interesting. I went through Schipol a few days ago and don't recall having to go through a metal detector. Nude body scanner yes, metal detector no. Maybe I just wasn't looking?
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by mch82 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:57AM (#19534565)
The scanner replaced the metal detector. Some places have both.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by EForEndeavour on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:43PM (#19539241)
To my knowledge, those "nude body" scanners (millimeter-wave or X-ray backscatter) can detect suspicious irregularities underneath clothing, but they do not specifically detect metals, and cannot search body cavities.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by jacobush on Sunday March 31, 2019 @04:44AM (#19534542)
If you went through something looking like a big gate?
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Sir_Substance on Sunday March 31, 2019 @11:28AM (#19536065)
Not that I recall, no.
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