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TSA Reportedly Demands To Inspect Man?s Luggage For Bitcoin

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omg just read...................

http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/28/tsa...e-for-bitcoin/

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Davi Baker wasn?t quite sure how to comply with the TSA?s demands to inspect his bags for Bitcoin. Baker had found himself in a testy exchange with airport security personnel during an enhanced screening, and they wanted an additional search of his belongings.

?We saw Bitcoin in your bag and need to check,? he recalls the TSA agent saying in a lengthy blog post about the ordeal.

The problem is, of course, Bitcoin is a completely digital currency; it?s like if Delta banned you from traveling with your Facebook profile. Baker was admittedly snarky in response, asking ?What did the Bitcoin look like??, thinking it would be impossible to describe a nonexistent physical object.

The agents had a response: the alleged Bitcoins looked like tokens and since they told him it was illegal to travel with more than $10,000 in cash, the probe was warranted. It might be easy to mistake this request for simple ignorance, but one of the security agents, according to Baker actually had a grasp on some Bitcoin facts.

When Baker asked how much he thought his alleged tokens were worth, the agent responded, ?It fluctuates all the time.?

That?s very true: the digital currency has become notorious for wild swings in value, on top of being a tool for purchasing illicit goods.

Whatever the legality or contorted logic of the added inspection, it appears there?s a knee-jerk negative reaction to the notorious currency.

The TSA was not immediately available for comment on this story. You can read the full blog post here.

Update: A TSA spokesman says they have been unable to find the agents in question or verify the incident. I?m told Baker?s story is complicated by the fact that protocol would be to contact law enforcement if someone was taking large amounts of cash for a suspected purpose, rather than request additional screening.

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Must be true if it's on the internet!

i can't really say anything bad about TSA
i had enhanced screening one time. They knew everything i was doing. I was honest about it and my past. Guy gave me a green light so i think that made things easier going forward.

It's amazing.

It's even crazier that as a society we have decided that it's "okay" for the govt. to search us AND tell us how much money we are allowed to have.

Could you imagine them trying to pull this kinda shit on our great-grandparents back in their day?

Are they going to start checking online bank accounts as well? LOL.

The story sort of sounds like a hoax, but if it's real, oh man.

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 20003396)

'okay'? more like actually welcome and encourage. It's fucking mind-boggling :helpme

It's also the greatest salesmanship in history, just above 'content partner programs' and '10 mins free, along with cumshot is the best optimization for ctr & sales' :1orglaugh

Shocking that some glorified mall cops are mystified by the existence of bitcoins.

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I remember when the average IRS agent didn't know what a Paypal account was. And when they got their schooling for that they didn't know how to translate it into an ePassport account.

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Originally Posted by seeandsee (Post 20003412)

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Did you learn the hard way?

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Originally Posted by Jel (Post 20003405)

Oh yeah...we have to be "safe" by being searched and treated like criminals.

Somehow we didn't need that in the 1920's, 1930's (the precursor to WW2), 1940's (during a freakin' WORLD WAR with actual enemies, not goat herders), 1950's-1990 (the height of the "Cold War", the Korean War, the Vietnam War, countless planes hijacked, etc), or the 1990's.

But 12 goat herders with box cutters and look at us now. :(

I remember seeing G.W. Bush give a speech right before we invaded Afghanistan.
He said something about having a unique opportunity because of 9-11.

I thought (as did everyone else) that he meant to make a "change" in the muslim world.

Turns out he meant a unique opportunity (called "the patriot act") to have the federal govt. invade any privacy we had left.

LOL if that is real.

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 20003396)

Did I ever post here what the Canadian customs did to me when I went to Winnepeg few years ago?

Talk about a "Boyyyyyy you in the wrong part of the woods"... type deal :helpme:helpme:helpme