Has the TSA ever considered that terrorists looking to get information on TSA procedures might actually fly around the country?

Southwest tickets are $69. You can fly back and forth a bunch of times for $1000, which lets you examine all of the procedures and look at plenty of X-Ray images.

Security my ass.

bsoft

[petergof.com]

wirelessdj

[petergof.com]

wirelessdj

[www.ifixit.com]

Since that's the inside of one. Sensitive security information my ass.

ludwigk

navvywavvy

The only thing i could say that would cause someone to think that the air was different would be that most of the laptop is a battery.

Bantam

TSA Agent: What's this?

Apple Fanboy: WHATS THIS? Its a MacBook Air! I can't believe you've never seen one. Its so cutting edge that i had to have one and i can't believe your hassling me about this. Hello! Did you miss Steve's keynote on this. Its just the most revolutionary thing out there. But then i guess that this must be the first time you've seen one because i got it the first day it came out. You know i actually met Steve Jobs!

TSA Agent:
Steve Who?

Apple fanboy:
STEVE WHO? Just the most revolutionary out of the box thinker the world has ever known. I can't believe you don't know who Steve Jobs is? The man is almost a GOD. I would follow him anywhere...to the ends of the earth. There is nothing i wouldn't do for Steve. You know i actually met him. And spoke to him. It was magical.

TSA Agent: (while slipping on rubber gloves)
CODE RED! We have some kind of radical fanatic here. Okay sir, I am going to have to ask you to step behind the screen, drop your trousers and bend over.

decrigeek

Worf

ackthbbft

SneakerFiend

maven2k

dezeinstein

[sleevage.com]

dezeinstein

Xenocide

crazyasslatino

gizmodohomepage

aec007

-facepalm

Nevermind the fact that the xray image will color an SSD disk the same color as a USB flash drive or a memory stick. It's just NAND ram in a much larger array. I still fail to see the conundrum.

axiomatic

Airport scanners don't work quite that way. They actually color code different components to make them stand out based on their composition and density. That image, the one that would allow people to do a comparison between the scanner and the contents of a MacBook Air, is the one that is a matter of national security since it would enable someone to design a device that registers as similar to a MacBook in the scanner color scale.

Is it possible for somebody to grab an MBA, scan it, and post the pics online? Sure. But the TSA isn't going to help that process any. It's the same reason why their xray monitors are shrouded - to keep passengers from seeing the resulting scans.

SinistarX

gibson042

It may not be the best response to how they handle something new, but at least they're trying to do something here.

That aside, the whole bit about the actual X-ray images being a matter of national security is pretty dumb.

Gev

mikedudeRx

Jesse in Japan

All of this TSA nonsense has done nothing to protect Americans and the Airspace that is 'monitored' by the FAA. I live across the street from a major airport. If I was a decuhebag towel head, I could easily fuck some shit up. Security is a joke.

bigMoneyMIKE

deadatbirth440

tricky69

ceilingFANBOY

ultrasonoro

ultrasonoro

homerjay

cyborgtroy

Beauty always goes a long way, I suppose...

AJ_Syrinx

Mainly crazy people. Actually crazy people who does not need a DVD Drive.

TallDudeFromBrazil

Joseph

Protocol X

yum.

CODIFEROUS

I wonder what an X-ray looks like???? OMG, it must be really different that well an X-ray!!

This is stupid. They are clearly all overpaid. My 6 year old knows this "technical" jargon. You know words like, um, different, typical....ROFL!

whatever.

faslane

TSA were very very unhappy with it, and took it away for 'further analysis' while I waited in the 'holding area'.

Could have just been playing with it for all I know, but they came back after 15 mins and grudgingly gave it back and waived me through.

MINI Driver

He never said he actually worked for the TSA he probably has no xray copy or anything because he doesn't actually WORK for the TSA.

Looks like a REALLY good piece of video work.

I just don't understand why bother.

vbedford

This guy needs to diet too.

hanswurst0815

Oh well, so long as the perception of safety remains I guess we're okay.

This guy needs to diet too.

supesguy_

Why would you use an MBA instead of a laptop with enough cubic space inside to make a _really_ effective bomb?

Mandatory_Field

Yes, they're VERY trying...

Mandatory_Field

LOL, Suckers.

Sincerely,
The Rest of the World

Samifumi

Honestly - I miss the old days on airplanes when you could do whatever you wanted and didn't have to take your shoes off at the airport... I'd rather have an occasional plane crash into a building than have to put up with this crap.

Soulxside

Topcat

smokeonit

But why did Gizmodo post such a fetid pile of crap?

Goodness... A man speaking through his flapping jowls saying it x-rays differently. Thanks for the education.

ThroughTheTube

Samifumi

zjgz

Layman terms? Since that is what they are actually called, I am not sure why that term would be considered layman.

And that Windows Movie Maker template at the beginning? Damn. This video was filled with uselessness.

regnez

While I'm a good leftist with a healthy disrespect for authority, the fact remains that I travel with loads of electronics and have never been hassled by TSA folks.

Of course, I'm a white male, which helps.

And I always keep my binary explosives in the proper size bottles. I just bring alot of them and pass through security several times.

TommySez

apeguero

fmydog

thats my opinion though, to each its own.

kickace

Set to evil

Here's a macbook pro:
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djmattyb

raiderarch329

Camaro02

PopsG

Monty

Lizard_King

tutelary

At least they're trying.

SinistarX

lianna_g

bobdobbs

i guess they really need to watch out for anyone trying to make anything resembling these

[petergof.com]

[forums.macrumors.com]

I imagine some apple fan will have a doctor friend of theirs take an xray of macbook air and will post it on the internet.

masteroffm

slstsang

<_<

Sleeper_Service

deepdish

Of course, that implies that you have a way to craft something that looks the same on an X-ray, meaning that you have an X-ray machine that you could test this through, meaning that you don't need to see the picture of the X-Ray because you've got the real thing.

Yeah, I've got nothing...

smcallah

huk

Barry99705