Has any one had their laptop scanned at airports. The told me to take it out of the case and they proceeded to scan the edges of it with some wierd looking thing, I didn't ask about it cause It took me by suprised.
2007-02-11 20:16:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
this is not a queer question, I just don't know how to phrase it with it seeming that way..ha
2007-02-11 20:18:20 · update #1
it's an ETD machine (explosive trace detector). it looks for gunpowder and similar chemicals.
2007-02-11 20:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The device used to scan your Laptop is a Chemical Sniffer. This device is programed to recognize molecules related to explosives.
If you own any firearms at home, it is not advisable to handle them and then touch anything you take on flights.
2007-02-11 20:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People can remove the actual parts in the Laptop and replace them with Gun Powder and other explosives.
So they might have scanned ur laptop with one such device.
I carry my laptop many times but it didnt happen to me.
2007-02-11 20:22:07 · answer #3 · answered by Sunil Saripalli 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could have been checking for drugs (computerized sniffer), explosive material, or these days shampoo
2007-02-11 20:32:07 · answer #4 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋