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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:06 pm
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Cholula
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Originally Posted by tom911
I went through that at SFO on Wednesday and asked about my laptop. I was told one of their reps would safeguard my belongings until I got out of the booth, and sure enough there was someone standing next to my laptop when I got out.
Yeah but this is one of the critical flaws in the system. I travel everywhere with a $3,000 laptop and no way do I want it out of my sight for a second. Nor do I trust someone who I don't know to "watch" it.
This was clearly not considered when the puffers were introduced and I'm not too sure if there will be an acceptable method to watch ones valuables while locked in the puffer.
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