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I'm curious if there's a bias here though. Do the undercover TSA agents not already know where the weaknesses are in the detection process?
by spike021 11y ago
I'm curious if there's a bias here though.
Do the undercover TSA agents not already know where the weaknesses are in the detection process?
- elthran 11y agoPossibly - but if they know the weaknesses, then it means that they are being left unaddressed for whatever reason (malicious or otherwise)
- derefr 11y agoOr just that highly-experienced senior agents who've worked in many different locations and have "seen it all" know what to look for, but most agents are junior and don't.
- mseebach 11y agoThat's very possible -- but it really doesn't change much, does it? A gun on its own isn't dangerous, a gun in the hand of a bad actor is. If bad actors (who, being motivated, must be assumed to have access to the same knowledge of weaknesses as the TSA) are getting ~96% of their guns through, it doesn't really matter that only 30%(no idea, just put a number<<96%) of neutral actors' guns do. Compare pen-testing: You want the best possible hackers, with as much information as possible, to take a swing at your system - not a bumbling amateur, even if the amateur accurately models 99% of your regular users.