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> random search Or in other words, ignore concerns about profiling and implement an Israeli style security operation. I think it has a lot to be said for it.
by ethbro 10y ago
> random search
Or in other words, ignore concerns about profiling and implement an Israeli style security operation.
I think it has a lot to be said for it. Profiling + politeness + a firm boundary on mandate (e.g. no drug convictions by airport security) doesn't seem that bad. Especially compared to what amounts to the same thing except with a vast security army of more poorly trained agents.
Ethnically profiling selection without ethnically profiling assumption isn't a nuance I'd trust the average TSA agent to perform well.
- umanwizard 10y agoI think by "truly random" he means uniformly random, i.e. the exact opposite of profiling.
- thescriptkiddie 10y agoRacial profiling is the opposite of a random search.
- ethbro 10y agoIf we want to be technical, it's a weighted random search based on historical observations. It would be the exact opposite if 100% of the ethnically profiled individuals were terrorists.
- dogma1138 10y agoWell the Israelis profile single white european women in their 20's and 30's as one of the highest risk threat actors because historically they are been the ones that knowingly or unknowingly been used to smuggle munitions or explosives pass security. Being brown skinned an arab or a muslim isn't what would put you on top of their threat ranking.