Comments on: Schneier Takes on Idiot Security Once Again http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/schneier-takes-on-idiot-security-once-again/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JamED http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/schneier-takes-on-idiot-security-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-12856 JamED Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:44:14 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/idiot-security-from-bruce-schneier/#comment-12856 huh weird that they would do these things individually, shoes and bag should go through the one x-ray together! Thanks for the reply. huh weird that they would do these things individually, shoes and bag should go through the one x-ray together!
Thanks for the reply.

]]> By: CF http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/schneier-takes-on-idiot-security-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-12845 CF Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:33:06 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/idiot-security-from-bruce-schneier/#comment-12845 Since it's a two step process, the dirty shoes would never be scanned. Assuming they don't have metal in them, you can walk through the metal detector wearing those shoes while your bag with the clean shoes goes through the x-ray. After that, you're supposed to take your shoes off and put them through a separate x-ray machine. Instead, you can put those shoes into your carry on bag and then pull out the clean shoes and run those through the x-ray. Since the bag has already gone through the x-ray before, those shoes will never get scanned. Since it’s a two step process, the dirty shoes would never be scanned. Assuming they don’t have metal in them, you can walk through the metal detector wearing those shoes while your bag with the clean shoes goes through the x-ray.

After that, you’re supposed to take your shoes off and put them through a separate x-ray machine. Instead, you can put those shoes into your carry on bag and then pull out the clean shoes and run those through the x-ray. Since the bag has already gone through the x-ray before, those shoes will never get scanned.

]]> By: JamED http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/schneier-takes-on-idiot-security-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-12834 JamED Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:47:54 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/12/18/idiot-security-from-bruce-schneier/#comment-12834 What would stop the dirty shoes being picked up on when being scanned inside the bag? Or are the bag/shoe scanners looking for different things? What would stop the dirty shoes being picked up on when being scanned inside the bag? Or are the bag/shoe scanners looking for different things?

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