Re: A fun security experiment with the TSA

[Jordan Wiens <numatrix () ufl edu>]

On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Blue Boar wrote:

> security curmudgeon wrote:
> > As for the spot checks, I get them about 50% of the time. If you  
> > were on
> > a watch list, i'd imagine you would get them all the time and be
> > questioned heavily before passing the screening check. Do you  
> > travel with
> > any computer equipment in your luggage? When I have a keyboard,  
> > mouse,
> > laptop power supply and other hardware, I tend to see the TSA cards.
>
> I rarely get checked, or at least I rarely get the note. However, this
> last return trip from Las Vegas I had one. I had a DefCon badge in my
> checked bag, go figure.

I didn't check any luggage (never do if I can get away with it).  In  
my two carry-on bags I had three defcon badges, two laptops,  
keyboard, mouse, many, many cables, networking gear, external hard  
drives, etc, (gear from the capture the flag contest).  Didn't get  
stopped.  A friend who was going through the security check-point  
right behind me had his bags searched.  Turned out some fudge he had  
purchased just minutes before in the airport was suspicious (block of  
C4, I suppose?) and he was inspected.

I don't think I've /ever/ had either my checked luggage opened (or at  
least no card), or had my carry-on inspected except for the one time  
my wife left a water bottle in our carry-on going through Gatwick.

I must just look innocent or something.

--
Jordan Wiens, CISSP
UF Network Security Engineer
(352)392-2061

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