Laptop Airport Security Check Advice
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Some do. It's usually the ones that don't take care of themselves, and it's not something you wanna experience.
Okay, you've ruined it for me now. Couldn't bear to see me happy in my own idealistic make-believe world, huh? :(
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Couldn't bear to see me happy in my own idealistic make-believe world, huh?
:laugh: :laugh: I guess that's just the evil streak in me.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Don Burton wrote:
Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years,
Sorry to say, but you're probably in for a long and unpleasant pre-flight experience. And it wouldn't surprise me if they'll charge you for the peanuts pretzels. :) /ravi
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
As others have said, take the laptop out of your case/bag, and put it in its own tray. If, however, you have one of those sleeves for it, instead of a big case with other stuff in it, you can just put that case in the tray. For example, my EeePC came with one like that, and I just leave it in... They've never given me any problems for it. Basically, they just want to see just the laptop without anything above or below it that will show up on the the X-ray.
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Just be sure to shape the C4 exactly like a laptop battery, then wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil before installing it in the laptop. You should get through fine. Remember to take your shoes off, though.
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Don Burton wrote:
Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years,
Sorry to say, but you're probably in for a long and unpleasant pre-flight experience. And it wouldn't surprise me if they'll charge you for the peanuts pretzels. :) /ravi
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Hmm, good point... Since he hasn't flown in a decade, he'll probably raise enough red flags to warrant "additional" screening.
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Just be sure to shape the C4 exactly like a laptop battery, then wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil before installing it in the laptop. You should get through fine. Remember to take your shoes off, though.
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Get in some extra coffee. I understand those Homeland Security Agents are thirsty chaps!
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Just be sure to shape the C4 exactly like a laptop battery, then wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil before installing it in the laptop. You should get through fine. Remember to take your shoes off, though.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
You forgot about the part where you have detonators in the shape of USB memory sticks.
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Take it out and put it on the tray. That's all.
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That is the only way to not look suspicious. Everyone else could be concealing something.
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You forgot about the part where you have detonators in the shape of USB memory sticks.
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Hmm, good point... Since he hasn't flown in a decade, he'll probably raise enough red flags to warrant "additional" screening.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I was actually just referring to the good old days (pre-9/11) when flying was a whole lot less arduous! /ravi
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You forgot about the part where you have detonators in the shape of USB memory sticks.
Software Zen:
delete this;Shhhh... We don't everyone to know about this.:~
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
If your laptop contains seriously private data, encrypt it. Also, be aware that some countries consider it an offence to refuse to provide your password, so if you really care about your data staying private, use something like truecrypt[^] with it's hidden OS feature[^] so you can provide them with a dummy password and your hidden OS remains hidden and encrypted.
Simon
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
The laptop is the easiest part of the procedure. Take it out of the case including any accessories and put them all in a tray to be screened. Removing your shoes is annoying. Also you can not have any liquids in your carry on luggage that are in bottles that can contain more than 2oz. And then there is the random check where you can be taken aside and more thoroughly checked. Last year on the trip to Cozumel (stop in Houston) I got checked 3 times between the two flights very annoying. At least when I landed in Mexico I did not go through that again..
John
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I was actually just referring to the good old days (pre-9/11) when flying was a whole lot less arduous! /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I was actually just referring to the good old days (pre-9/11) when flying was a whole lot less arduous!
It's still nice (or rather nicer) in Indian domestic flights. Even a 1 hour flight gives you a free meal (spicy Indian stuff) and unlimited soda. And if you are flying on Kingfisher Airlines, the flight attendants seem to have been picked from former models! :rolleyes:
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
It doesn't sound as if it will be an issue on this trip, but you should also be aware that customs can seize your laptop or other devices without specific cause, and it could be months before you'll see them again. Times story.[^]
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Many things have changed in the past 10 years. This short video[^] explains it all!
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Wear a prosthetic for the body scanners.
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You have to take the laptop out of its case, so the case and the laptop go through the x-ray machine separately. That's all. No need to turn it on, etc. The biggest PITA is not the electronics, but having to take off your shoes. Wear something easy to remove and put back on. Go barefoot. Whatever. :) Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
but having to take off your shoes
That has really annoyed me the last few times because I've been taking my climbing equipment thus all the baggage allowance is taken up with lumps of metal and 180m of rope so to "save" weight I tend to wear my hefty walking boots rather than try and cram them in. They're a pain to take off and put back on.
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I was actually just referring to the good old days (pre-9/11) when flying was a whole lot less arduous! /ravi
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