Over the past several years, the TSA has been testing facial recognition at more and more airports. These specialized scanners, called CAT-2 units, incorporate facial recognition technology by taking real-time …
Airport Security
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Airports
Thank TikTok For The Latest Reason for TSA Checkpoint Slowdowns
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAs if the TSA security checkpoint isn’t slow enough… #rolleyes There are all the people…SO. MANY. PEOPLE. Over 858 million in 2023 alone (and we’re averaging 10% higher than that …
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Over the past year, my experiences with CLEAR and those of my wife, Sharon, have been complicated. While we’ve found our membership incredibly helpful to get into Madison Square Garden …
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I think we can all agree that when we bring a carry-on bag onto a plane, being limited to as many 3.4-ounce or less bottles of liquids, gels, pastes, etc., …
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A man wound up going viral on social media after TSA workers pulled him aside at the airport to check his bag, only to find it stuffed with several different …
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Travel
I Asked TSA When The 3-1-1 Liquids Rule Will End. Here’s What They Said
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe air travel world has been living with the “3-1-1 liquids rule” (or its country-specific equivalent) for a long time now. In the United States, the TSA says you’re only …
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Travel
What Can You Do If You Have TSA PreCheck and Your Partner Doesn’t?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThink about this scenario: a married couple arrives at the airport. One of them has TSA PreCheck, the other doesn’t. If they’re lucky, the one who hasn’t paid for PreCheck …
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Airports
Passenger Tries to Bring Grenade Through TSA Checkpoint; Airport Evacuated
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegPassengers attempting to bring guns through the TSA checkpoint is a near-everyday occurrence. A grenade though? That doesn’t happen very often. But it happened in New Haven, Connecticut last week, …
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Airports
I Never Even Thought to Consider This as Cutting the Line. Was It?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWhen you travel, there are certain acts of etiquette most people take part in. You wait your turn in the bathroom queue (but if you really have to go, it’s …
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When you go to an airport, the TSA is pretty strict about what happens at the security checkpoint. However, some aspects of the screening are, shall we say, vague. Hats? …