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The outrage isn't that your luggage can be stolen now. The outrage is that a) the government felt that it needed to invade the privacy of our luggage for securi
by yifanlu 11y ago
The outrage isn't that your luggage can be stolen now. The outrage is that a) the government felt that it needed to invade the privacy of our luggage for security; so they made these master keys (yes, you can pull them apart with your hands, but provided the TSA doesn't regularly go through luggages, a broken lock is a quick way of telling someone's been through your stuff and you can take action appropriately) and b) it's been revealed that these keys can easily be obtained and the government does not care--showing the broader problem of what happens when you compromise privacy for "security".
- kabdib 11y agoWe could have locks with seals. So the TSA could open them, but you could always tell that someone had opened them. Bonus points for re-sealing with a verifiable tag of some kind. Ultimately it's pretty pointless, since your luggage can simply be stolen, or hacked open with a knife. I've always treated the locks as part of the security theatre. Utter nonsense that probably got someone promoted because it sounded good. If someone at TSA said, "Hey we need to do something, anything, just so we look like we're doing something," then pointless toy locks are not all that damaging compared to other possible "somethings" they could have stuck us with. The TSA truly needs to go.