In article , j.oboyle@removefudged.sbcglobal.net says...
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>"Charles" wrote in message
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>> , Kurt Ullman wrote:
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>>> Probably. Even is the pre-9/11 days locks were largely to stop the
>>> crimes of convenience or spur of the moment. Make 'em work for it, I
>>> always say. I am pretty sure that the wrong hands are on the TSA keys.
>>> Someone may know for sure, but isn't there a color coding or something
>>> that changes color if the TSA keys are use? Don't remember
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>> The ones I have do have an indicator but I guess some of them don't.
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>> Charles
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>The ones that you have are probably the more expensive ones, Charles.
>I once watched a show exposing what went on in the baggage rooms and it
>showed the handlers with big key rings filled with every different brand of
>luggage keys on them and they were quickly opening different suitcases and
>helping themselves...
>Even in the most secure situations, there can be human error and a TSA agent
>may misplace his key or leave it around unattended long enough for a copy to
>be made of it..
>Of course, cable ties once cut, don't provide any security..I have put an
>extra cable tie taped to a large sheet of paper, requesting that the TSA
>agent replace the one that they cut, if opened but the two times that they
>opened my suitcase, they never complied.
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>--Jean
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I use numbered plastic ties. They are called Tamper Gard (that is the correct
spelling). They can't be cut and replaced without my knowing it. Since I
am cheap, I put a lock on one zipper and the Tamper Gard on the other locking
the lock to the Tamper Gard. That way I can keep reusing the Tamper Gard.
When I give my luggage to the TSA to put through the machine, they sometimes
act very annoyed that I would dare lock my luggage in a non-TSA approved
manner. One time when I collected my luggage on arrival, the plastic
tags were still on the suitcases but had been cut. There were no notes
in the bag indicating that they had been hand inspected. I suspect that
some TSA agent cut the Tamper Gards because he was mad that I used them.
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