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Security Matters: Airport Pasta-Sauce Interdiction Considered Harmful

2008-09-18 18:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
Airport security found a jar of pasta sauce in my luggage last month. It was a 6-ounce jar, above the limit; the official confiscated it, because allowing it on the airplane with me would have been too dangerous. And to demonstrate how dangerous he really thought that jar was, he blithely tossed it in a nearby bin of similar liquid bottles and...
 
Tags: security, security screeners, airport security checkpoints, checkpoints, airport security, screeners, liquid, london liquid bombers, airport screeners
 
 
 
 
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The Two Classes of Airport Contraband

2008-09-23 05:47:04 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Airport security found a jar of pasta sauce in my luggage last month. It was a 6-ounce jar, above the limit; the official confiscated it, because allowing it on the airplane with me would have been too dangerous. And to demonstrate how dangerous he really thought that jar was, he blithely tossed it in a nearby bin of similar liquid bottles and...
 
Tags: airport security checkpoints, checkpoints, airport security, screeners, security screeners, liquid, london liquid bombers, airport screeners, plot
 
 
 
 
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TSA Employees Bypassing Airport Screening

2008-09-19 08:01:03 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Airport screeners are now able to bypass airport screening : The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rolled out the new uniforms and new screening policy at airports nationwide on Sept. 11 The new policy says screeners can arrive for work and walk behind security lines without any of their belongings examined or X-rayed Lunch or a bomb,...
 
Tags: airport, bypass airport, airport security, security, transportation security administration, airport screeners, security lines, screeners, major security issue
 
 
 
 
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"Where Should Airport Security Begin?"

2007-12-20 12:28:12 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
In this essay, Clark Ervin argues that airport security should begin at the front door to the airport: Like many people, I spend a lot of time in airport terminals, and I often think that they must be an awfully
 
Tags: airport, airport security, airport terminals, clark ervin argues, front door, lot, time, essay, people
 
 
 
 
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San Jose Airport Adds Free Wi-Fi

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2008-05-30 21:24:19 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Airport adds free on top of paid Wi-Fi: The authority decided to put out $90K for equipment and foot a $41K per year bill for service with 15 Mbps backhaul to handle what they believe will be 1,000 daily users. Oddly, T-Mobile and Wayport will also continue to operate for-fee networks that pass along $139K in revenue to the airport. The free...
 
Tags: free, free service, airport, service, daily users, mbps backhaul, silicon valley, for-fee networks, wi-fi
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: NPR on BART-Fi, San Antonio Airport Now Free

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2008-07-07 15:47:16 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...airport offers free Wi-Fi: The airport opted to go free. The airport serves about 8 million passengers per year (2007 statistics
 
Tags: system, san antonio, rapid transit system, san francisco bay, wi-fi rail, wi-fi, adopt on-board service, transit systems worldwide, edition reports
 
 
 
 
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U.K. airport gets iris recognition program

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8afc93c in Network World on Security
 
...airport for airport workers Register for a WAN Acceleration Technology Primer Advertisement This paper explores the differences between commonly used WAN acceleration technologies
 
Tags: airport, iris recognition, wan acceleration technologies, airport workers, paper explores, control access, advertisement, manchester, system
 
 
 
 
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HOV lane inside the Airport for 65,000

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2008-01-18 03:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...airports? Scare people? No, allow them to pay a few dollars more to go to the head of the line. The company who is introducing the program to Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports in the Spring, is called "Verified Identity Pass" of New York Travelers who wish to speed their way through the airport experience (and who wouldn't), pay...
 
Tags: airport, minimal yearly fee, yearly fee, reagan national airports, airports, shorter security wait, scare people, shorter security lines, travelers
 
 
 
 
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Hijacker Working at Heathrow Airport

2008-05-19 13:02:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
An airplane hijacker -- a real one, someone with actual airplane hijacking experience -- was working at Heathrow Airport Surreal EDITED TO ADD (5/19): Or maybe he wasn't working at the airport itself. Anyone have any more information
 
Tags: airport, heathrow airport, actual airplane, airplane hijacker, information, experience, surreal, real
 
 
 
 
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Fly through airport security with Clear, but you don't have less security?

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2008-06-04 12:26:56 by HASH0x8b3dfdc in StillSecure, After All These Years
...airport security program for registered travelers. Though my home airports of Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach don't yet offer Clear access, I fly enough in airports that do like Denver and Regan that I thought for free, what do I have to lose. I filled out the forms on line and last time I was in Regan airport I handed it in along with...
 
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