Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Airport security screening
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Airport security screening, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Confusing airport rules and terminology, so the traveler needed a friend's full guide2026-08-14
- Signs unclear about which lanes let you keep electronics in bags2026-08-14
- Confusing interface where the selected column's meaning is unclear2014-08-25
- Fingerprint scanner on Windows XP PC fails repeatedly before succeeding2013-08-22
- Having to go through security again between arrival and boarding wastes 30+ minutes2013-05-26