Hm, so what do you do personally? I guess if you don't have anything that is
both valuable and liquid/gel, you could split the carry-on/checked that way and
just not lock it.... That's what we've done.

Of course, in a sense, everything in my luggage is "valuable" to me! Maybe
the TSA-locks are less likely (even if possible) to be tampered with?

It does bother me that the TSA locks are so brightly-colored and obvious
to bystanders. I mean, if a thief had to investigate locks closely before
knowing if his/her skeleton key would work, then it would be another
deterrent. Surely the TSA folks get up close enough that they don't need
the special color indicators....

--LG