I stopped going when they introduced fingerprinting. This is not just a point of principle. While it is not known whether fingerprints are unique (as is often claimed), it is known that the information that is stored about fingerprints and which is used as the basis for matching records is not unique. The equivalent of hash collisions exist. Fingerprints are great as corroborative evidence, but if they are used as the means to find a suspect, you don't want your fingerprints in the system when Cletus Thugfester (the actual perpetrator) has matching prints that are not in the system. Far too likely that you'd get hauled across the Atlantic on this basis, then have to deal with the "justice" system over there.

Fingerprints are known to not be unique. Matches have been found between two people.

Here is one example https://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/06/mayfield.report/ regarding the Madrid train bombing.

No, that's the distinction I am drawing. That match was on the basis of the information recorded for computer comparison. Basically it records certain features such as the ends of lines. It does not record the whole fingerprint. It is know that these records are not unique. We don't know the same for the full fingerprint.

"‘It’s like our friend started a fist fight with us’: These Europeans are skipping US travel": https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/travel/european-travelers-ski... (www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/travel/european-travelers-skipping-us-trips/index.html)

Same. I wish I had visited the US back in the days, especially pre-9/11 times when flying was super hassle free and people were optimistic about the future.

Sadly I was still quite young. Oh well, there are many other beautiful countries in the Americas. And especially south-America is substantially cheaper.

My family has a large bottle of wine my mother took from Italy to New York in the 90s. Wild how the times change.

That hasn't changed, they could still bring a bottle back if they choose

I'm surprised they'd let you do so in the claim luggage, but in this case it was carry-on. The story goes my mother just walked through customs and got on the plane with it.

Yeah carry on got the stupid liquid ban that's still around, but I don't think much if anything got banned from checked luggage after 9/11. Just the standard stuff like batteries and other things that could have issues in an unpressurized non temperature controlled hold.

Even carry on got a lot better than it used to be in the days right after that. Like I'm pretty sure they had banned lighters for a bit (and a lot of people assume they still are) but they're explicitly allowed and I throw mine right into the scanner bin every time I fly. Not even being able to carry in a sealed bottle of water and having to take your shoes off is stupid, but about the extent of what's left. No more keeping all liquids (what even counts as a liquid?) in a ziplock bag and having to take it out, and even laptops can stay in with the new scanners they're rolling out

I've carried on an inflatable life vest with an active CO2 cartridge and that's also listed as fine. Though it did get flagged and secondary screened because it was in my bag, even though they don't say you have to leave it out.

In general the more you fly if you pay attention, you can pretty much know what will trigger it if you put it in your bag. Metal water bottle in the bag? Your bag is getting pulled, every time. I've even told them right where to look lol. Left out and it goes right through.

it's kind of funny, my mini bottle of spray sunscreen got flagged, but carrying through a fullsize BP 95 v-lock tv camera battery did not, and it uses the large battery cells that are roughtly the size of a roll of silver dollars.

My government has issued a travel warning statement aimed at those traveling to the US. Much like the statements given for Ukraine pre-war, Russia, some chaotic African nations of nations in the Middle-East.

"US expected a big travel year, but overseas visitors — angered by Trump — are heading elsewhere": https://apnews.com/article/tourism-us-travel-trump-visitors-... (apnews.com/article/tourism-us-travel-trump-visitors-international-14c31b490fd382d09ad5cae625ddc937)