Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport

Re:Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport by mcv on Thursday December 12, 2013 @05:06AM (#6893697)

I'm European, and the first I've experienced is having to take off my shoes while someone pats me down because the metal detector beeped at my belt or shoes, and someone else X-rays my stuff.

I found it annoying and invasive, but it sounds like even the mildest TSA procedures are a lot worse than that.

No, actually the worst I've experienced was having to bribe some guard in Mali because I couldn't find the receipt for my luggage.

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Re:Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport by ASpring on Thursday December 12, 2013 @05:21PM (#6897692)

"but it sounds like even the mildest TSA procedures are a lot worse than that."

While I don't agree with a lot of the racial profiling and other acts the TSA commits, I don't think the average case is near as bad as you think.

I've flown internationally(to relatively unstable regions also) quite a few times since the TSA was put in place. Normally I step through a body scanner and grab my things and go. My worst case was accidentally having toothpaste in my carry on and having to go through that to throw it out.

Then again, it's probably easier for me as a young, Caucasian, American. YMMV

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