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>> There should be no reason for us to go through a body scanner if the TSA and DHS believe their background check and fingerprinting are effective. The genera
by TallGuyShort 11y ago
>> There should be no reason for us to go through a body scanner if the TSA and DHS believe their background check and fingerprinting are effective.
The general concept of security in layers is perfectly reasonable because no measure can be 100% effective. Combining a few 99% effective measures can get you acceptably close. We do the same thing in cybersecurity.
That said, the TSA is still dumb because of how arbitrary and unfair the requirements can be.
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- Retric 11y agoThe problem is there trying to combine 20% effective methods. Last time they used box cutters, a wooden stake would be just as effective. Or just do something else, it's not like aircraft are the only thing out there. The TSA is basically just building a 50 foot fencepost in the middle of nowhere and pretending people need to climb it instead of walking around.
- ff7c11 11y agoI like that analogy
- Caprinicus 11y agoEven bringing a literal gun onto a plane wouldn't help someone hijack it now. The only reason 9/11 worked was because the threat of it happening was unheard of, now everyone would swarm them before they had a chance of getting anywhere near the locked cockpit
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoThe problem here is the TSA is hashing the password client side and storing that hash as is, and then patting themselves on the back for how much better their security system is.