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Comment on Laptop Found with Clear Applicant’s Data by andry

andry — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:19:09 +0000

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Comment on TSA Opens 33 Self-Select Lanes This Summer by dylan555

dylan555 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:27:48 +0000

When I went through the airport yesterday, there were only two lanes open and about 10 extra TSA agents just standing around. It’s funny that they never seem to be around when the airport is busy.

Comment on TSA Opens 33 Self-Select Lanes This Summer by Cutleroke

Cutleroke — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:17:04 +0000

Not sure. The only times I have used the “fast lane,” the airports have not been very crowded.

However, you are correct, they do end up in the same X-ray machines as the “slow lanes.”

Comment on TSA Opens 33 Self-Select Lanes This Summer by dylan555

dylan555 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:24:55 +0000

Really? I’ve noticed (more often than not) that all of the lanes end up at the same one or two X-Ray machines. It feels like more lip service to me. It seems that just opening more lanes at peak times would be more helpful!

Comment on Black Diamond – Self Segregation for Travel Pros by TSA Opens 33 Self-Select Lanes This Summer « Flybags Efficient Travel Forum

TSA Opens 33 Self-Select Lanes This Summer « Flybags Efficient Travel Forum — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:50:44 +0000

[...] Lanes This Summer Posted on August 29, 2008 by cutleroke At the start of summer, we reported that the TSA was instituting “self-segregation” airport security lines at twelve [...]

Comment on Targus Among Leaders in “Checkpoint Friendly” Laptop Bags by Todd Moore

Todd Moore — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:43:49 +0000

Are you really interested in spending $100 or more just to get your laptop through security easier? Well, for $25 LapStrap is an accessory that can be used with or without your existing bag. Whether it’s a security line, a coffee shop, or even your next meeting, your laptop and power cord are usually all you need. Simply leave LapStrap attached to your laptop at all times, and you choose when and where to use it. LapStrap has been tested in worldwide security lines for more than a year, and not once has a security officer stopped a LapStrap

Have you ever been asked to check your laptop bag planeside? Your new $100 plus, “checkpoint friendly” bag is still going to leave you carrying your laptop in your hands…unless you have a LapSrap!

You can check out a video demonstration at

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Comment on Laptop Found with Clear Applicant’s Data by You Know Who: These Eyes have seen a lot of hard drives « The Sagamore Journal

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:09:29 +0000

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Comment on Targus Among Leaders in “Checkpoint Friendly” Laptop Bags by Ben Bosma

Ben Bosma — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:14:39 +0000

Don’t forget the first checkpoint-friendly laptop bag on the market the Aerovation Products CPF-1 checkpoint friendly laptop bag. This bag has been on the market and in travelers hands since early June.

A demonstration and the first X-ray photos of the bag with a laptop inside is posted on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYxPgy0h0g

This bag is TSA tested and required zero modifications from the prototype tested by the TSA in May.

-Ben Bosma
General Manager

Comment on TSA Sort of Endorses “Checkpoint Friendly” Laptop Bags by Targus Among Leaders in “Checkpoint Friendly” Laptop Bags « flybags flyer forum

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:21:30 +0000

[...] we reported earlier this month, the TSA is requesting bag manufacturers make laptop cases that separate the computer from the [...]

Comment on Kip Says Watch List Only 50,000 by cutleroke

cutleroke — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:14:25 +0000

Thanks for the clarification on origination of the list. For readers who are wondering what the “Secure Flight” program mentioned above is – here is a link:

http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/secureflight/qanda.shtm

The salient points of the program are this:

1. Identify known and suspected terrorists
2. Prevent individuals on the No Fly List from boarding an aircraft
3. Subject individuals on the List to enhanced screening to determine if they are permitted to board an aircraft
4. Facilitate passenger air travel

Too many times, people arrive at the airport for their flight and find that their name is on a “No Fly’ list. It’s happened to me – with Southwest – and it’s humiliating, time consuming and downright annoying. I missed a flight once, pulled aside for secondary screening. I have a common name, so I know it’s happened to those that share my name.

Whilst my name was on the “No Fly’ list with Southwest Airlines, it is not on any other domestic airline list, which made me question where the information was coming from.

The “Secure Flight” program will put the control of the list in the hands of the TSA, so that all airlines are provided with a single consolidated list.

Those whose names still appear on this list have the right to appeal for their names to be taken off. This is called “Re-dress”. I might need to do this myself – and I’ll let you know how it goes.

Essentially once the Secure Flight program launches, the flying public will be asked only to provide our names when we book a flight, but that we may also have to provide our birth dates, addresses, potentially even our Social Security numbers, . This is so that the TSA can do their homework before we arrive at the airport, and providing the additional data may help differentiate a passenger from an individual on the watch list and prevent misidentification.

Now – there are folk out there that will have concerns that this constitutes an invasion of privacy, and it’s just more “Big Brother” watching over our communal shoulders.
Frankly – Anything that improves the security screening process, eliminates misidentification, and really closes in on the people that we absolutely don’t want on our flight – is for the best. If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you’re fine, right?

We like the concept, and if implemented properly, in theory it should help. Watch this space and let’s see what happens.

The “Secure Flight” program is due to launch in 2008.