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The future of... Passport control

The future of... Passport control... there are more advanced passport control machines todayThe automated passport control system describes in this article has around for a while and relies on: pre-registration; payment of a fee; and probably having your iris or your fingerprint scanned. Since 2007, a new type of...

Tags: passport

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Modern threats to American liberty

Cash, currency and coins, is a store of value. In the US, "legal tender for all debts, public and private." Carry too much of it though and you are marked for suspicion (per the Wall Street Journal]: Steven Bierfeldt, treasurer for the Campaign for Liberty, a political...

Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Transportation Security Administration, Government, ATM, Policies And Procedures, Storage, Internet, Networking, Human Resources, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Mobile Edge ScanFast is the true IT Road Warrior's Backpack

The Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack, $99.00, pictured above at the Delta Crown Club at Newark Liberty International Airport B Terminal, is the ideal travel accessory for anyone who does a lot of flying. Click here to see my Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack gallery. ...

Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, Backpack, Butterfly Compartment, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Skooba Design Checkthrough Bag

Checkthrough is TSA certified so you can keep your laptop in the bag during the airport security screening process. Also See: Sail through Airport Security with the Skooba Checkthrough by Jason Perlow

Tags: Airport Security, Checkthrough, Jason Perlow, Transportation Security Administration, security, mobille, laptops

Image galleries 2008-12-30

Test drive: First checkpoint-friendly computer bag

Test drive: First checkpoint-friendly computer bagWhat a piece of turd!This is the ugliest thing one could stick something as beautiful as a MacBook into.No, no and no!I've gone through countless bags over the years and the ONLY ones that provide a comfortable carry are the backpack type offered by InCase....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, computer bag, Test Drive, Transportation Security Administration, computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Targus Zip-Thru laptop bag

Air travel--while a requirement of modern life for many--has become, at best, a barely tolerable experience that tests the patience of even the zen-like commuter. The chokepoint most likely to raise one's blood pressure is the infamous security checkpoint, with its required shedding of shoes and belts, and, of course,...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Targus, Targus Zip-Thru, Transportation Security Administration, x-ray machine

Product reviews 2008-09-22

Image Gallery: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag speeds you through the X-ray system

The TSA has started a new program that allows compliant laptop bags to pass through the X-ray security system without being removed from the bag. These bags should be popular with frequent travelers and so far the TSA seems to be accepting of compliant bags. by Matthew Miller

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller, product photos, laptop, notebook, air travel, security

Image galleries 2008-09-08

Review: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop bag simplifies security process

If you read my post on "checkpoint friendly" bags back in July you may be wondering what is going on with this program. Starting on 16 August, the TSA announced they were ready allow compliant "checkpoint friendly" bags through the X-ray machines while remaining in the bags. The TSA always...

Tags: Security, Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, X-ray, Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-07

TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?

TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?The existing rules are a pain......but everyone knows what they are and there's no guesswork or interpretation required. As you describe them, the new rules appear to be a step backwards from that point of view.TSA is a jokeIt's a response to...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Transportation Security Administration

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?

Just when you think the federal government has come up with a plan to make the security process at airports more efficient, it turns out that the fine line in security is now blurrier than ever and I suspect the wait times at security checkpoints will actually grow longer. ...

Tags: Security, Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-15

TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August

TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 AugustUgh the Totally Sucky Asshats strike again.Would love to have a auto hacking program that eats their system when they try to access my laptop. Sorta like a rotwhieler.. they will just look at and pass it along.They made me late for a...

Tags: Notebooks, Transportation Security Administration

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August

After the news earlier this week the the Department of Homeland Security DHS is authorized to perform notebook computer searches at U.S. borders and the subsequent suits announced by the EFF and ALC comes a softer, friendlier federal government. The Transportation Security Administration TSA â€" who the...

Tags: transportation security administration, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jason d. o'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-07

TSA vendor finds lost laptop, remains suspended

Travelers who use the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler program might be verified as good security risks but the same can't be said about Steven Brill's Verified Identity Pass, one of the TSA vendors that operates the program. VIP, under the brand name Clear, lost a laptop containing...

Tags: transportation security administration, laptop computer, vip, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.

Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.And used "roll" instead of "role" in the post"TSA actually discusses FAMs increasing roll post 9/11..."From this statement, I would guess that the TSA is somehow increasing their spin? ;)You misspelled 'Knew'on your poll ;-) ...

Tags: Transportation, Airliners, Snake, airport security, Nate, Transportation Security Administration, Nope, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.

Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...

Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Checkpoint friendly laptop bags should help with airport screening

Regular air travelers may be interested in ways to speed up the screening process and having a laptop bag that lets you leave your laptop inside and protected may be a good first step. There are some important guidelines about the "checkpoint friendly" bags that meet the technical requirements set...

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security.  Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...

Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEAR

Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEARTotally mootSorry, but Continental could have $5 international tickets and total no-wait-at-all boarding. Whatever it is that they've done to their seats is enough that quite a few of us (and I've had seatmates with the same reaction) only subject ourselves to the...

Tags: security, Continental, Transportation Security Administration, airport security

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Clear and Newark Airport TSA Lines

Clear (flyclear.com) registered traveller program technology in use, compared to the TSA lines at Newark International Airport Terminal C by Jason Perlow

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow, clear, security, continental airlines, tsa, airports

Image galleries 2008-06-12

TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly

TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thuslyHand Sanitizer Bombinterestingly enough, it's probably completely possible to build a bomb out of a can of hand sanitizer and a lighter. well... maybe not a bomb persee... but enough of a distraction i'm sure.i know i'm not giving away...

Tags: Transportation Security Administration, F'ing

Discussion threads 2008-06-09