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If y'all wanna know why is this stupid
Take a look at the so-called "TSA-Approved Locks"
The locks that lets TSA have a "special key" to unlock your bags to search then without cutting it open.
The same "special key" is available to buy on amazon.
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It's even worse than no locks, since someone could plant drugs in your bag using the "special key", and since there's no evidence of tampering, and the bag is also locked, the blame falls on you.
Do I seriously need to put always on cameras in my luggage?
I mean, thats why you don't use TSA locks. Use a normal lock, and when it gets broken, now you have plausible deniability.
I believe DeviantOllam recommends putting a gun in your bag (from memory a starter gun counts as a gun to TSA but doesn't have the whole licence restrictions of an actual firearm). Because you have a gun you are allowed to lock it with an actual padlock and the TSA can't just go through your stuff. If you put a padlock on otherwise they'll just cut it off and you're back to square one.