TSA locks
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Posted 15 July 2007 - 10:31 AM
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Posted 15 July 2007 - 10:46 AM
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#3
Posted 15 July 2007 - 12:10 PM
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#4
Posted 15 July 2007 - 01:01 PM
Does anybody know if you can use TSA locks in another country and not have them cut off? Or are they only really useable in the US? I'm thinking of getting some but if I can't use them for International travel it seems kinda of a waste.
Well, if other countries need to get into your bags, they'll probably cut them off. However, in my experience, other countries tend to care less about getting into your bags. I've had normal locks cut (and a note left) by TSA travelling within the US, but in my international travels since I got the TSA locks (3xAustralia, 2xMexico, 1xUK, 1xFrance, plus transiting through Germany, Singapore, & Thailand), I've not had any locks cut.
I wonder if the other countries' airport security services can get access to the keys?
Edited by Fordan, 15 July 2007 - 01:02 PM.
#5
Posted 15 July 2007 - 01:34 PM
For hand-carry luggage on US airline carriers, that is different, as there is additonal X ray check and sometimes a visual inspection of your carryon items, including a couple years ago, all electronics to be switched on. Of course you are present for this part of the "airport experience".
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#6
Posted 15 July 2007 - 01:38 PM
All of the higher value items are inside wrapped up in sequential layers of other gear and to get at it means pulling everything else out. My Dad is an ex-cop and one of his saying is that a locked door only keeps out an honest man. If they want in, it will only take them seconds, lock or no lock.
My take anyway...
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#7
Posted 15 July 2007 - 02:20 PM
All I remember is when they interviewed a burglar on 20/20 who said he always hit the houses with alarm company signs out front and good locks on the doors as there must be something worth protecting inside. A dive logo covered bag with locks says the same thing.
RE the security signs, Why advertise your system? Better to have the thief figure it out when it goes off, rather than tell them what kind of system you have. They are all defeatable, and several have "universal" codes that can't be changed by the owner. You may not even know about them.
As for the bags, I travelled to Europe a few times last year, and Bonaire this year, and I recall seeing bags with TSA locks on them in the carousel. I am putting them on now myself. I get the inspection almost everytime I fly so this is just one extra step the bums have to take to open my bags. And while they won't keep the thieves out, they will keep the bag from accidentally opening, which I have seen before...
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Posted 15 July 2007 - 02:28 PM
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Posted 16 July 2007 - 05:16 AM
20/20 showed the average response time to a house alarm was 8-10 minutes and it took 2 minutes for a pro burglar to go through your house. So they basically didn't care if it went off or not.RE the security signs, Why advertise your system? Better to have the thief figure it out when it goes off, rather than tell them what kind of system you have. They are all defeatable, and several have "universal" codes that can't be changed by the owner. You may not even know about them.
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