>More seriously, the amount of security theater going on at airports is getting out of hand. it has always been out of hand. most of the security theater actua

>More seriously, the amount of security theater going on at airports is getting out of hand. it has always been out of hand. most of the security theater actually increases the threat surface of transit, making it easier for anyone with malicious intent to kill many people. the fact that we have not seen attacks is proof that the terrorism threat is very far overblown... and yet the government needs no more excuses. they have their foot in the door. welcome to our surveillance dystopia, HN -- you built it even when we warned you this would happen. predictably, nobody will volunteer to clean up the mess they have made.