21 sats \ 7 replies \ @0xIlmari 19 Jul \ on: Jimmy Song have seedqr backup seized by airport security bitcoin
I'm sorry but under what stupid pretense was it confiscated?
He’s doesn’t explained why
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Other people on the thread suggested that security might have thought it would be some kind of club-like tool.
I just had a butter knife confiscated at an airport security. Butter knife, no edge, no point, a regular butter knife. And it was right as I was rushing to get to a next flight, I didn't try to protest. It really pissed me off.
I've had small size swiss army knives get through lots of times, and also get confiscated a couple times.
If something is iffy, I find it's best for it to have a confusing, non-knife like shape. Like for instance - folding scissors. I've always had these go through, even though it's just as dangerous (if you wanted it to be) as any knife with a 2 inch blade, but the knife will definitely be confiscated, and so far the scissors have been okay.
It's not clear to me what was confiscated... just the metal template for seedqr?
If so, that's probably because of the "sharp edge"?
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You can bring "sharp edges" in. I have a credit-card-sized toolkit that includes a knife that is maybe an inch long and I got it in hand luggage multiple times. The regulations specify a minimum blade length.
And he mentioned washers for stamping words on them, not a big metal plate.