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I'm not sure if this has hit the US news, but from a few days go in Argentina news, the US is going to require special scanners in the airports in other countri
by clamprecht 9y ago
I'm not sure if this has hit the US news, but from a few days go in Argentina news, the US is going to require special scanners in the airports in other countries (Spanish article, English translation below):
http://www.iprofesional.com/notas/252113-computadoras-tecnologia--Sumaran-mas-escanners-en-Ezeiza-tras-las-medidas-que-impuso-EEUU http://www.iprofesional.com/notas/252113-computadoras-tecnol...
"The United States government will strengthen security measures for people traveling to that country with computers and tablets. Official sources from that country confirmed that you can still travel normally, with personal electronic devices. However, they said that in three weeks the stricter controls will apply.
....airports and airlines flying to the United States from 105 countries of the world, including Argentina, will be asked to install state-of-the-art scanners that detect traces of explosives in electronic equipment....From the moment they request it, passengers traveling to the USA from airports or by companies that do not have them, will not be able to carry either computers or tablets on board. Nor in the cargo hold....
....In this context, the transport authorities, representatives of the airlines and PSA [airport police] officials met urgently this Friday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport to discuss the issue. "What we defined is that this Tuesday we are going to communicate to companies a procedural plan: from what types of scanners to how to get them and how we are going to train those who operate them," explained Oscar Rubio, director of The Airport Security Police, Clarín.
In three weeks, passengers of companies or airports that do not have them, will be unable to bring the computers and tablets on board, and perhaps also in the hold because of the current restrictions on equipment containing nickel," added the official...."The truth is that it is not a difficult technology to get, it can be bought, acquired by leasing or through a supplier, it is not impossible, and we are moving with the fastest speed because we want to prevent the restriction from being applied. Therefore, we are not facing a prohibition, but before a new measure. If it is not fulfilled, then the impediment can come."
- tehlike 9y agoThis is making me worried. When i was a student at mit, we had trips to boeing facilities in seattle. One time, i was again selected randomly for explosive trace sample collection from hands. I dont know what it was, but when they put the tissue in the machine, the machine showed a blinking text saying explosive detected. The tsa agent(iirc) paniced, tried to call out his supervisor while trying to keep an eye on me. Now usa probably has more experience with false positives, i am curious how i will be treated when i go visit my parent :)
- leesalminen 9y agoHappened to me about a year ago flying DEN to LGA. I had one of those thermal receipt printers in my carry on. Those set off the bomb swab machines. Luckily Mr. TSA knew that thermal printers could set the machine off so nobody panicked and I was allowed through.
- waqf 9y agoSo now all a terrorist needs to do is carry a thermal printer!
- yellowapple 9y agoSoon: "Serengeti In Uproar As U.S. Travel Ban Extends to Zebras"
- urethrafranklin 9y agoMake bombs out of thermal printers, got it.
- opticalflow 9y agoI fly a lot. The only time that has happened to me was when I was on a flight out of Atlanta after taking my crew to a gun range to shoot some auto's. I'm gonna guess the cordite burns on my shirt and residue on my hands probably had something to do with it.
- oliv__ 9y agoThat sounds like a great way to sell so-called "state-of-the-art scanners".