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The people who complain about heightened security never have a better proposal. This article is pure pandering with no balanced opinion of the fact that there c

by kbos87 9y ago

The people who complain about heightened security never have a better proposal. This article is pure pandering with no balanced opinion of the fact that there could be credible motivations to ask for this.

jdavis703 9y ago
The thing is this is just security theater. A terrorist might as well detonate a bomb for all the people patiently queued to be inspected for bombs. In fact, TSA scanners have failure rates up to 95% [0] (meaning they let through 95% of contraband, including guns and explosives). Making tablets be pulled out probably won't change anything. 0: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/house-homeland-security-airport-report/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/house-homeland-securi...
- donretag 9y ago
  "A terrorist might as well detonate a bomb for all the people patiently queued to be inspected for bombs." That is precisely what happened in the Brussels bombing. The Manchester bombing also happened at the general entrance of the arena, not inside.
djsumdog 9y ago
The TSA has stopped zero terrorists. It's security theater. It's just dumb. No other country requires people to take off their shoes. No other country will feel you up if you fail the millimeter wave scan. Their false positive rate is so high it's pretty much random chance. Sure security is bad in other countries. I've had to remove everything from my bag in several airports, but America is still somehow the worst in spite of that. Fuck the TSA. When I do leave the US, I take a train to Canada and fly from there. Their security is mostly the same, but at least I feel like I can't complain since it's not my country.
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- diabeetusman 9y ago
  They both have an insane false-positive rate as well as an insane false-negative rate (95%, as other people have pointed out).
choward 9y ago
I have a better proposal. Do nothing. It's cheaper and hasn't been proven to be any less effective.

by kbos87 9y ago

jdavis703 9y ago

The thing is this is just security theater. A terrorist might as well detonate a bomb for all the people patiently queued to be inspected for bombs. In fact, TSA scanners have failure rates up to 95% [0] (meaning they let through 95% of contraband, including guns and explosives). Making tablets be pulled out probably won't change anything. 0: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/house-homeland-security-airport-report/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/house-homeland-securi...

donretag 9y ago
"A terrorist might as well detonate a bomb for all the people patiently queued to be inspected for bombs." That is precisely what happened in the Brussels bombing. The Manchester bombing also happened at the general entrance of the arena, not inside.

djsumdog 9y ago

The TSA has stopped zero terrorists. It's security theater. It's just dumb. No other country requires people to take off their shoes. No other country will feel you up if you fail the millimeter wave scan. Their false positive rate is so high it's pretty much random chance. Sure security is bad in other countries. I've had to remove everything from my bag in several airports, but America is still somehow the worst in spite of that. Fuck the TSA. When I do leave the US, I take a train to Canada and fly from there. Their security is mostly the same, but at least I feel like I can't complain since it's not my country.

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diabeetusman 9y ago
They both have an insane false-positive rate as well as an insane false-negative rate (95%, as other people have pointed out).

choward 9y ago

I have a better proposal. Do nothing. It's cheaper and hasn't been proven to be any less effective.