From: John Kim (kim_at_mak.com)
Date: Thu May 08 1997 - 11:29:55 EDT
On Thu, 8 May 1997, Harry Seaman wrote:
> On Wed, 7 May 1997, Gabriel Ash wrote:
>
> > there have been alerts in the past about thieves working
> > in themes near the x-ray machines.
>
> Good advice. To elaborate, here's how it works. You put your notebook on
> the conveyor belt. You get in line to go through the metal detector, but
> the guy in front of you (an accomplice to the thief) keeps setting off the
> alarm. You are stuck behind him while the other member of the team grabs
> your notebook and runs.
I heard this was an urban legend, and that nobody has actually
been able to find a documented case of this occurring. Does
anyone know?
Most airports (international AND domestic) won't let you walk
through the metal detectors nowadays unless you have a ticket.
It seems an awful lot of work and risk to forge/buy two tickets
just to get a shot at stealing a laptop from right in front of
a bunch of security guards, where the only escape route (other
than getting on a plane, for which the thief must buy a real
ticket) is back past the same security guards.
-- John H. Kim kim_at_mak.com
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