Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors
by eliasbagley on Sunday March 01, 2020 @01:05PM
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They aren't looking for electronics - they are looking for large masses that could be fuel for the explosives. Big blocks of clay, liquids, etc. A jumble of electronics alone with nothing that can actually explode is common and doesn't ring any alarm bells. I discovered this after talking to a TSA agent after flying a few times with my modular synthesizer, where I was surprised that it was never pulled for extra screening.
My mother makes soap and tends to give me a few bars when I visit. I have learned to mail it back to myself; taking a few 2"x3"x5"-ish blocks of a uniform-density material through the airport is a guaranteed close look.
Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors
by Drakar1903 on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:17AM
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What I'm reading is that it's possible to sneak a bomb through as long as the bomb smells like lavender.
Magic the gathering decks (60-100 cards) also seem to trigger this as they also show up as dark blocks on x-ray
Yes, baby wipes will get you searched every time. They just look like dense bricks of material on the x-ray.
Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors
by john_moscow on Monday March 02, 2020 @01:27AM
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Same for a rectangular pack of biscuits.
They closely examined the cucumber in my bag
Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors
by DoreenMichele on Sunday March 01, 2020 @03:47PM
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Drugs hidden in a cucumber truck:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-fentanyl-bust...
Also, plants or foods are sometimes forbidden because of potential to carry vermin, plant diseases, etc.
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/know-before-you-go/pr...
A friend once forgot a bare PCB TV-b-gone in a coat pocket while traveling EU to US. He noticed it right at the first checkpoint.
They asked what it is, laughed at the response, and went "eh, as long as there are no wires dangling off it, we don't care." He stuffed it in a bag and had no further issues.
Why the wires would've made a difference is beyond me...
Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors
by mynegation on Sunday March 01, 2020 @02:28PM
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You obviously don’t watch Tv shows like 24. Wires is something you stick into the explosive.
I came back from a tech event once with a build a robot kit, except I'm a very light packer and the box was huge so I had to take everything out and fit it into a backpack along with everything else I had.
I had a compartment that had an assortment of circuit boards, screws, wires, plastic pieces, etc..
No one even batted an eye and the bag went straight through the carry on x-ray machine. This was in San Jose, California while preparing for a cross country flight. I was surprised too.