Security Theater

[cdave]

XKCD on airport security.

I once failed to convince an airport security guard to let me keep my 150ml deodorant, as it was an aerosol containing gas and fine particles, but no liquids.

I also failed to convince them to let me keep plastic knitting needles by arguing that the pencils I had with me were far harder and pointier. They let me keep the pencils.

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[feorag.livejournal.com]

When we arrived in Montreal the other month, I discovered a pair of scissors in my carry-on bag that had got through security in both Edinburgh and Paris. I hadn't realised they were there at all.