Airport security control electronics?

ka
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I have never flown and therefore have no plan how everything runs like this. I know that there should somehow be security checks and you have to show there electrical equipment?
Do you really have to get ALL electronic devices out of hand luggage? Do you have to turn this on too? That would be quite a lot of work if I had to get out and turn on the laptop, mobile phone, cameras, headphones, power banks, razors, tablets, etc.

How is it when I enter the US? Is there such a security check there? Do I have to show all the electronics there?

Aso I heard you have to take off your shoes at the checkpoint xD Is that true?

ho

I know that there should somehow be security checks and you have to show there electrical equipment?

Yes, there are security checks.

Do you really have to get ALL electronic devices out of hand luggage?

No, only laptops and tablets.

Do you have to turn this on too?

Usually not. But you must theoretically tackle, because not switchable devices with batteries may not be carried.

How is it when I enter the US? Is there such a security check there?

No, you only arrive after the flight. There, the normal entry control and a customs control take place.

Aso I heard you have to take off your shoes at the checkpoint xD Is that true?

Not in Europe (unless there are high shoes). It's common in the US, yes.

ic

Shoes can stay on. But is also different. Electronic devices CAN be controlled. Then an explosive swab is made. You do not have to turn on anything. Upon entry, you will not be controlled. Only at the exit.

ho

Oh, so much nonsense. Please do not spread that.

You do not have to turn on anything.

However, devices must be switched on, otherwise they are not allowed - but are usually not checked.

Then an explosive swab is made.

This is done every 5th or so, but mostly on the body.

Upon entry, you will not be controlled. Only at the exit.

Neither - at least not security control. They are only available before the flight.

ic

Switchable does not mean you have to turn it on. I speak from experience that sometimes a bomb smear is made on technical equipment. To your last criticism: That's exactly what I said, but perhaps formulated difficult. I have flown many times in my life.

te

Laptop, phone, tablet, kindle has to get out. SLR cameras are switched on or the object is removed.

Do you have a razor in your hand luggage?! Strong beard growth? Such a flight takes but with all the bells and whistles Max 20h.

Pr

Yes, there are security checks.

Yes, you have to get all electronic devices out of your carry-on.

Usually you do not have to turn them on.

Yes, no matter where you travel there's a security check. Even if you fly from Hamburg to Munich, you have to go through one.

Maybe, not me.

Pr

"non-switchable devices with batteries must not be carried."

Do you have a source? Because you can also take replacement batteries and so.

ho

Yes, basically you can do that up to a certain size. By that I mean laptops and stuff, bigger devices because they could be potentially dangerous if they're broken. The theme came up in the days of the Galaxy Note 7 and its explosions, since then you have heard nothing of it.

But who takes a laptop with the not concerned - so in reality, the problem certainly does not happen.

Pr

I ask again, do you have a source? It does not have to be an official policy or anything like that, I would have some reasonably credible article where that is. Never heard of it.

Because actually you are allowed to take batteries, in your hand luggage, completely without a device.

Pr

https://www.tsa.gov/...s-overseas I found something. Suppose you mean that?

But that only applies to direct flights to the US as I understand it.

ka

I will not get to the abandoned suitcase until one week later, because it is being stored

Pr

If that is a rechargeable razor he has to carry in his hand luggage, it is a lithium-ion battery in it.

Pr

https://www.tsa.gov/...s-overseas on flights to the US may be that you have to turn them on.

Pe

I flew seven times to the US this year and in the last few years already about 20x. I never had to turn on my devices, it was always easy.

ho

Because actually you are allowed to take batteries, in your hand luggage, completely without a device.

Only up to 160 Wh. https://akkusbatterien.de/batterien-im-flugzeug/

ho

Do you have a razor in your hand luggage?!

Usually you always have. Razors with batteries have lost nothing in the carry-on luggage and when the luggage arrives, you never know so exactly.

Pr

Well, it also says "certain airports", so maybe not where you usually fly.

That's just there, you can probably mention.

Pr

I know that. Respectively. Individual batteries only up to 160 Wh. There are devices that trick so that the batteries can be disassembled for transport in the plane in two or more parts. Batteries under 100Wh you can usually take unlimited unlimited.

But 160Wh is a lot. Typical laptop may have 60Wh as a battery. You get problems if you want to take the battery of a electric scooter or something.

ka

All electronic devices that are larger than a commercially available smartphone must be separated before fluoroscopy. On the devices nothing on it and nothing under it. We also do a functional check every now and then to avoid possible manipulation.

We also have shoes taken off every now and then. Depending on how good or less good they can be felt. That always depends on it.