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From: jnj@mibte.UUCP (Jim Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Airports/laptops
Message-ID: <2528@mibte.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 18:35:33 GMT
References: <1153@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> <157@sialis.mn.org> <4347@mcdchg.UUCP>
Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company
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Summary: Detroit Airport

In article <4347@mcdchg.UUCP>, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby) writes:
> I just returned from the Usenix conference in Dallas.  I passed through
> airport security three times at two airports.  Each time, I was carrying
> my Toshiba 1200 (bought based on info from comp.sys.ibm.pc, Thanks!) and
> asked that it be hand inspected.  The security people were friendly,
> impressed by the technology, and simply required that I power on the system
> to prove that it was "real".  No big deal.
> -- 

	I just went to a class in San Diego, carrying a Zenith laptop.  At
Detroit Metro Airport, I asked to have the laptop hand-inspected and the
guard handed me a sheet of paper (without saying a word) that stated because
of problems with staff, they don't hand-inspect ANYTHING, but their equipment
would not damage film, disk media, tape, etc.  I asked to still have it
inspected and was told to "please put in on the belt."  I could tell he'd been
through this before.
	There was no damage after all, but while I was there, some people had
asked to have their cameras hand-inspected and were given the same notice to
read.  It could be that the intensity at Detroit is less than other security
check-points - I would still ask for the hand-inspection when ever you travel.
	At San Diego they asked me to power up the laptop so they could see
text on the screen and I had no problems there.

				Jim Jackson
				Michigan Bell