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TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the security-theater dept.

mnovotny writes "TIME is reporting that TSA will be allowing laptops in approved bags through security checkpoints. 'The new rules, announced Tuesday and set to take effect Aug. 16, are intended to help streamline the X-ray inspection lines. To qualify as "checkpoint friendly," a bag must have a designated laptop-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine belt and contains no metal snaps, zippers or buckles and no pockets.'" Don't you feel safer? I wish an independent 3rd-party group could get together and see what they could get through security without being arrested for the experiment. So little of what the TSA is doing is any more than illusion.

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  1. So my new bag is out? by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's all black leather covered in studs, spikes and chains.

    gotta love a Vampire goth laptop bag to get you wierd looks when wearing a 3 piece suit.

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  2. Coming Soon: Approved Body Bags by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next year, TSA plans to allow people wearing clear body bags through security faster. While you do give up some privacy, think of the minutes you'll save.

  3. Re:Hey, the TSA does screw all with private planes by CheeseTroll · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the president hijacks Air Force One and plows it into the White House, then I'm not gonna vote for him in the next election. Just sayin'.

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  4. Re:Not only that. by Thiez · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Instead we live in fear of 4 oz of toothpaste.

    Don't worry, you're not the only one who freaks out when confronted with Imperial units.

  5. Re:Not only that. by philspear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well the one thing we can do without going to jail is parody. I found this which may be old, "TSA gangstaz" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7AWw7t5zj0

    Not safe for work environments, especially TSA, preschools, and people who have sucky bosses.

  6. Re:Hey, the TSA does screw all with private planes by thewiz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd high jack a FedEx or a UPS plane.

    Only if you wanted to be there overnight.

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  7. Re:Targus lobbyist by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe you can go across the ocean by tramp steamer... Very romantic.

    Yeah but if you do that as opposed to flying you have a pretty decent chance of stealing Kate Winslet from some rich asshole that doesn't appreciate her ;) Now that global warming has arrived you don't even have to worry about icebergs ruining your trip ;)

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  8. Re:Hey, the TSA does screw all with private planes by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I take an important political hostage, I don't ship him via FedEx or UPS. I send him USPS book rate to save money.

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