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TSA Misses the Point, Again

2008-01-29 15:13:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...screeners inspect the ID cards by illuminating holograms, typically of government seals, that are found in licenses and passports. Screeners also are getting magnifying glasses that highlight tiny inscriptions found in borders of passports and other IDs. About 2,100 of each are going to the nation's 800 airport checkpoints The closer scrutiny...
 
Tags: tsa, tsa screeners, tsa agent, tsa document checker, screeners, passenger ids, passenger, screeners inspect, airport
 
 
 
 
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CATSA: XRay Machines Are Not For Gum Wrappers

2008-06-08 12:58:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...screeners in this country From The Canadian Press Continued inspections across the country have revealed that garbage and other items are still being dropped inside the top panel openings of some X-ray machines, says a bulletin issued earlier this year by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Likewise, warning labels and hazard...
 
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Consumer Reports on Aviation Security and the TSA

2008-01-10 13:58:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...screeners actually are, but I've covered all that already
 
Tags: security, aviation security, security consultancy, doors, double doors, door, consumer reports, secure door, cockpit doors
 
 
 
 
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Boring Jobs Dull the Mind

2008-04-26 06:37:04 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...screeners looking at X-ray scans, casino dealers looking for cheaters, building guards looking for bad guys. It's hard to do it correctly, because the brain doesn't work that way
 
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The War on T-Shirts

2008-06-02 14:27:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...screeners watch out for make it more likely that real threats slip through. At a party the other night, someone told me about the time he accidentally brought a large knife through airport security. The screener pulled his bag aside, searched it, and pulled out a water bottle It's not just the water bottles and the t-shirts and the gun...
 
Tags: security, security lesson, london heathrow security, airport security, real threats slip, water bottles, transformers t-shirt, gun jewelry, false threat
 
 
 
 
 
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