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Aug
15

TSA to introduce less annoying laptop bag rules this Saturday

Posted by Joshua Topolsky in BLOGROLL, MEDIA

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According to a report in USA Today, starting on Saturday the TSA will be relaxing its policies on laptop removal from bags, and will be letting specific bags types ride through the X-ray machines with their cargo intact. The agency will allow travelers using bags which provide an unobstructed view of the computer inside to keep their laptops tucked away during the screening process, though they’ll still require “accordion” or “backpack” style bag-users to grab a bin. The TSA isn’t naming names or attaching labels to specific bags, but has provided guidelines to fliers suggesting what style would be most conducive to not getting shaken down every time you go to the airport. Of course, the TSA could have been doing this since the start of their time-wasting (and false-security-inducing) process, thus saving us innumerable headaches… but that would have made too much sense.

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