[Infowarrior] - TSA to Allow Laptops in Approved Bags

[Richard Forno]

TSA to Allow Laptops in Approved Bags
By AP

(WASHINGTON) - There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take
their laptops out of their bags at airport security. The Transportation
Security Administration will now allow travelers to leave their
computers inside "checkpoint friendly" cases.

The new rules, announced Tuesday and set to take effect Aug. 16, are
intended to help streamline the X-ray inspection lines.

TSA said it reached out to bag manufacturers this year to design laptop
cases that would provide a clear, unobstructed image of the computer as
it passed through an X-ray machine. The agency said the new bags will be
available for purchase this month.

To qualify as "checkpoint friendly," a bag must have a designated
laptop-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine belt
and contains no metal snaps, zippers or buckles and no pockets.

Among the manufacturers selling TSA-approved laptop bags are Mobile
Edge, Skooba Design and Targus Inc.


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