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What is the most useless thing you’ve had confiscated by airport security while traveling? (fedinsfw.app)
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[–] 32 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

I had a flight safe multitool, one that specifically had no blade, nor anything sharp. It only had tools for my camera. I also had a fisher space pen which they said looked too much like a bullet.

Both were confiscated, but they couldn’t figure out how to open the front flipper knife I had with me, so they let it through.

The TSA bullshit isn’t about keeping us safe.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 weeks ago

    Dude, I took a domestic flight recently and don't have realid bullshit cause it's not mandatory in my state and I renewed online during covid. Anyway, had to pay the $45 "security check" (only good for 10 days) to TSA to board. Husband got through with a box cutter, I got held up because I had money they wanted.

    3 days later I'm verifying a Costco membership, their questions asked where I lived in 1988. It was harder to verify my identity at Costco than get a box cutter through TSA. It's a fucking money grab joke. It didn't even verify anything except my card had $45 they could charge me.

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