The 31-year-old North Carolinian "Even Booth" who builds weapons to challenge the TSA.Last month Booth uploaded several videos to YouTube about weapons he made, and they immedately went viral, sparking discussions about security at airports on Russian television and British radio.“Fragguccino,” his popular video, shows how quickly he can build a bomb.With the timer counting upward, Booth moves apart lithium AA battery and puts the contents in a stainless steel travel coffee mug.As the clock comes close to the eight minute mark, he throws the coffee mug behind him. Quietly it falls to the ground with hisses sound for two seconds, then explode.The explosion is loud and small depend on batteries power.
When he was kid, Booth built almost the same explosive equipments with his older brother.He works as a security consultant but mostly as a freelance Web developer.Recently he made a musical holiday e-card for a travel company.His weapon building,"Terminal Cornucopia", is his idea of fun.
He said he does not want to criticise the TSA, but he does want people to know that airports and airplanes may be less safe than they think.Booth took the chance to study airports.He selected flights with long stay so he could take photos of the security checkpoints stores.After his 30th birthday, he declared the upcoming year a “year of creativity.”He started painting, wrote a song and stories.His friends share his interest in exposing systems.Two of them work as hackers who break into bank websites to highlight fualts in their codes.Another is a security engineer, they meet to discuss lock picking and computer hacking.Booth’s colleague Harvey Molotch said, "what they’re doing is a form of art.”Booth said he thinks the TSA and others can find the videos useful.TSA representative Ross Feinstein told that the agency is aware of Booth’s videos but would not say whether the TSA thinks them useful.
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