Beyond TSA checkpoints: Weaponizing everyday items sold in airports

So if the TSA confiscated your dangerous tube of toothpaste over 3 ounces, or perhaps took possession of another object on the prohibited items list, it’s all “for the safety and security of the traveling public.” Right? Well the answer is no, not so much, especially after seeing a presentation that showed just how easily a person can make a weapon after going through TSA airport security. After two years of research into the effectiveness of airport security, Evan Booth aka “treefort,” founder of Recursive Squirrel Interactive, showed how a person could weaponize everyday objects found in airport shops that are beyond TSA checkpoints.Beyond TSA airport security checkpoints, highlighting how ineffective airport security is by weaponizing everyday items sold in airports beyond the checkpoints

TSA blogger Bob Burns has the unenviable job of defending the TSA and frequently highlights the “scary” items that TSA agents take away from travelers to keep air travel safe. If a prohibited item were discovered in a carry-on, then it would be confiscated and, in some cases, the person could be fined or arrested. Yet there are lots of people who believe the TSA is nothing but security theater that violates our privacy with pat downs and body scanners. Others have said that the “TSA should stop banning items, stop the ‘unending nightmare’ of USA air travel.” But all the banning, scanning and confiscating is worthless if you can build a makeshift lethal weapon after you’ve successfully passed through TSA security.