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Re: Re: Delta CAPPS-2 watch: decrypt boarding passes!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy M. Silvernail)
Fri Mar 7 12:53:21 2003
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From: "Roy M. Silvernail" <roy@scytale.com>
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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 18:02:09 -0600
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On Thursday 06 March 2003 02:34 pm, John Ioannidis wrote:
> Both JFK and SFO have stopped gate searches. Searches at security are
> still decided by the TSA personnel there (they don't get to see your
> boarding pass).
FWIW, MSP initial security screening wants to see your boarding pass. I
didn't see anyone try to avoid showing it.
The last time I was through SFO, this new jihad hadn't started, but I got yet
another lesson in the lack of sense of humor among the staff. Asked to take
my creaky old ThinkPad 760XL out of its case to be x-rayed, I said "Be nice
to it; it's old." Whereupon I was invited out of line so the explosives
residue screener could give it a wipedown. Even so, it was better than the
beginning of that trip, when I'd forgotten to take my Victorinox Signature
off of my keychain. (that's a 1.6" Swiss Army Knife with a pen, an LED
flashlight and a 1.25" blade) At least I was given the opportunity to FedEx
it back to the office.
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