I think NBC did a special on this a while back :)
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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Phil Burton wrote:
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> >Larry Riley wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> [snip]
>
> >> been a great help to me in the past.
> >>
> >> My problem is that I have a lot of mobile users that take laptop
> [snip again]
>
> >
> >The only way to prevent someone walking off with your laptop once you
> >lay it on the conveyor to be scanned, is to not place your bag on the
> >conveyor until you are at the front of the line to walk through the
> >x-ray machines. If there is a line of people, or if someone in front of
> >you is having problems getting through the x-ray (because of keys,
> >jewelry, belts, etc.) and you have to wait, your laptop is going to be a
> >prime target for theft when it's sitting unattended at the end of the
> >conveyor. If you place it on the belt as you are walking through,
I always alert the security people ahead of time, that I have some
expensive pieces of equipment going through. Or usually wait until the
line is short enough to watch the laptop go through the machine as I am
walking through the detectors..
I have actually seen people at the end of the other side of the machine
and walk off with other people's bags in like seconds..
>
> Same applies for expensive cameras.
>
> With this scenario, all a thief has to do is go to a long line of people
> waiting to pass through the security gate, then have his/her accomplish get on
> line right as the "mark" is about to get on line. Or just try a typical
> "businss flight." The accomplice has trouble going through the gate. The
> rest is an insurance claim.
Sometimes these type of thieves work in pairs or threes. Usually one is
the look out, the other causes a distraction in the metal detector and the
bag man is waiting atthe end of the conveyoor belt getting the goods..
There are some solutions to this.
A sort of distance away from bag device, you wear a gizmo on your person
and the other is attached inside the bag. When a the bag is x number of
feet away, the gizmo on the your person goes off. I can't remember who
makes this device, but I saw the add in some airport magazine..
I personally like the devices they use at banks when there is a
bank robbery.. You know those red or blue dye type cannisters.
That is my two cents worth.
/mark
>
>
> >chances are that you are going to be ready and waiting for it when it
> >comes down the belt.
> >
> >Carol Ardanowski
> >Security Analyst
> >Delta Security Engineering
> >www.delta-security.com
> >>
>
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