Re:Airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with new scanners
by shever73 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:33AM
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The same thing happened to me with my Leatherman Micra. I have come to the conclusion that most airport security measures are props designed to make us believe that we are safer.
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Re:Airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with new scanners
by acomjean on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:26PM
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I’ve been there too. Forgetting to take it off my keychain.
For those not familiar it’s a keychain multi-tool. Mine had scissors. But it also has a really short blade. It’s sharp but really small. No worse than knitting needles..
https://www.leatherman.com/micra-20.html
I usually carry on my slr camera and lenses. And they poke through my bag. One time they detected something. So the tsa agent is asking me about something metal and T shaped. But they won’t let me near my bag. It was a portable microphone. I remember the agent checking my bag holding it up to the scanner persons and yelling, “it’s a microphone”
Re:Airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with new scanners
by anotheruser13 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:38PM
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Same here. The TSA brand of paranoia assumes you could seriously injure or kill someone with an implement that small. Sigh... Tiny brains, stupid rules.