You know how airport security will occasionally ask you to turn on a phone or laptop to prove that it isnt hiding explosives? Well, thats no longer just a rare inconvenience — if you take certain flights, its mandatory. The TSA now requires that you power on your gadgets when flying to the US from […]
Backscatter X-ray screening machines proved too invasive and controversial for airports, but apparently theyre getting a new lease on life at US prisons. According to Federal Times, 154 of the full-body scanners have already been distributed to prisons in states including Iowa, Louisiana, and Virginia. Rapiscan, the vendor of those scanners, failed to meet a Congressionally-mandated deadline […]
The advent of the PreCheck program has made trips to the airport far less stressful, but how does the TSA keep the screening process secure and unpredictable? Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the TSA uses a “randomizer” app at around 100 airports to determine which passengers will go through the expedited screening process and which will go […]
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