Airport screening – how to spot the clues
One day, not so long ago, somebody flew from another continent to a European country, changing flights in der Nederlands en route. This was their 4th security screen on the trip. Now, would you have identified the clues correctly? Here were some items in that person's hand luggage. A small computer with a very long battery life Headphones and boom mic for same Very small pot of skin cream with prescription 4 mobile phones wrapped in screening material 2 unusually shaped USB drives carrying highly secure OS, capable of allowing aforementioned computer to boot from them Ditto containing 'interesting' software 1 bottle duty free whisky, sealed, with receipt, in see-through duty-free carrier Hardcopy non-classified report USB drives with discoverable hidden partitions containing hidden encrypted clusters Bunch of keys for several vehicles and properties Digital camera 1 promotional personal cooling fan from Dassault Aviation Here's the test. Which items alert your interest, or do you seize as a potential threat? No, let's make the question easier. Which item was seized? And for a bonus, which item caused a major problem? To save you the agony, the whisky was the terrorist threat and duly seized on the 4th screen, and the cream caused a substantial problem.