On Thursday 06 March 2003 02:34 pm, John Ioannidis wrote: > Both JFK and SFO have stopped gate searches. Searches at security are > still decided by the TSA personnel there (they don't get to see your > boarding pass).
FWIW, MSP initial security screening wants to see your boarding pass. I didn't see anyone try to avoid showing it. The last time I was through SFO, this new jihad hadn't started, but I got yet another lesson in the lack of sense of humor among the staff. Asked to take my creaky old ThinkPad 760XL out of its case to be x-rayed, I said "Be nice to it; it's old." Whereupon I was invited out of line so the explosives residue screener could give it a wipedown. Even so, it was better than the beginning of that trip, when I'd forgotten to take my Victorinox Signature off of my keychain. (that's a 1.6" Swiss Army Knife with a pen, an LED flashlight and a 1.25" blade) At least I was given the opportunity to FedEx it back to the office. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]