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Jul 29, 2016, 5:47 am

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Originally Posted by roberino

Just passe through A/B/Z security checkpoint at FRA and my laptop bag got pulled out for a swab, then I was asked to open it. The guy pulled out my laptop charger and said "This is the problem. You have wrapped the cable around the unit* and on the scanner it looks suspicious. You should never do this at airport security."

Seriously? Surely EVERYBODY does this with their laptop cable. Are they really going to harass everyone about this? What else are they going to have on the list if this is "suspicious"?

*He was referring to the AC/DC transformer.

Wires wrapped around something like a laptop or even books of some sorts of a brick charger, it can cause the scan reviewing security screener to have suspicions about the item/items. They've probably been trained to look for something like that as being a possible bomb.

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