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I get the impression it is not at all about security but security theater, as Bruce Schneier would say. It makes the govt appear to be doing something against
by imglorp 11y ago
I get the impression it is not at all about security but security theater, as Bruce Schneier would say.
It makes the govt appear to be doing something against a perceived threat.
But more importantly, it acclimates people to needing permission to travel and being observed while they do so; to being accountable to the government instead of having the government being accountable to the people; and to having a police presence in the most mundane aspects of their life.
We've seen this before in history and it didn't end well.
- mikeash 11y agoFollow the money. ID checks prevent people from reselling airline tickets. That allows the airlines to make more money from change fees and abandoned tickets. Making the security people do the checks allows the airlines to look innocent in this.
- imglorp 11y agoI agree there's multiple interests aligned, as always, in the airline case. But we're also seeing TSA involvement on the street, at sporting events, train stations, and other seemingly useless places. The assertion about police state desensitization remains...