So You Think Your Luggage is Safe?
The Tell-Tag Innovation Most common coil-type suitcase zips can be easily “breached” by the insertion of a small screwdriver or similar tool into the closed zip chain. This forces the zip apart, and allows access to the interior of a suitcase. However, a zip breached in this manner, can be easily re-sealed, making detection almost impossible. Even though two zip sliders have been locked together with a padlock, or some other standard “security” device, it is possible for the coupled sliders to be driven back over the breached section of a zip to regenerate the zip chain. Depending on the experience of the offender, a typical zip breach and subsequent reseal can be accomplished in just a few seconds. In such a situation, there is never any suspicion of intrusion, simply because the technique leaves behind no evidence. The integrated Zip Stop in the single-use Tell-Tag system however, immobilizes the zip sliders, thus preventing them from being driven back over a potential breach in the zip chain. It does this by stopping the zip teeth (elements) from meshing together, effectively acting like a locking brake. It is attached very easily, by folding and sticking the head of the Zip Stop over one half of the zip chain of a bag, prior to closing the sliders together. The body of the Zip Stop is then threaded through the overlapping locking rings of the zip sliders, which binds them together. The process is completed by securing a state-of-the-art tamper-evident seal around the …
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If you went through all of the trouble to steal something, why would you care to reseal the bag? Just take the items and leave….
You’re supposed to sign the tag
Sure, as long as you’re confident you could forge the signature on the Tell-Tag. Personally, I would always be able to identify a forgery of my own signature.
lol if ther person who tryed to do that is smart he could remover the tell tag… open the lock with a pin :P and do what ever he wants… then he puts a new tell tag on and he puts the lock bak on and voila…. no one will notice till they open there bags
Um if I wanted to steal or plant items, I would have a bunch of these on hand to replace the one I broke.. No?
The ease of breaching luggage security is one of the reasons why I’ll never travel to Indonesia or Singapore with more than the clothes on my back since you can be killed by the authorities if found with contraband in your baggage.
I applaud the efforts of the Tell-Tag security measure but for myself I need a 100% guarantee when life and death are involved.
TSA’s keys are no different than the manufactures MASTER keys. They will open all locks that are in the same tumbler group. As far as detection, you can ask to have your bag “shrink wrapped” by TSA (yes they do have it) and put TSA tape over it. if you search for “how to open master locks” (or any other lock) on youtube, you will find that all locks are not breech proof, and the most expensive ones are not always the best. I’ve learned from experience.
Thanks for your comment, but Tell-Tag is all about detection, not prevention. It puts you in control, so that you can declare a security breach before passing through Customs, where it’s possible they may find something nasty in your bag (public luggage is now one of the easiest transportation options for traffickers). Also, I’m wondering how secure the TSA approved locks are, as I’ve heard the TSA use passkeys to open them. One wonders how many of these are now in the public domain?
easiest thing to do is to put a TSA approved lock on your bag and let it go. If a theif wants to get into your bag, they will. If they steal something out of your bag in New York, and you don’t notice it until you get to Sidney Australia… there’s not much you can do from that point. Keep your valuables in your carry on luggage and ask for a private screening if they have to check it.