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I guess by "theater" you mean that there's no actual purpose to taking your laptop out of the bag other than making people feel better? I have a hard time bel
by ahupp 8y ago
I guess by "theater" you mean that there's no actual purpose to taking your laptop out of the bag other than making people feel better? I have a hard time believing that's true. There's people who spend their whole career understanding airline security and (since I know nothing about it) I'm inclined to trust they aren't wasting my time.
- chii 8y agoThese scans are theatre. Actual security is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1kJpHBn50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1kJpHBn50 , and most people in the USA would not agree with this sort of checks.
- artificialidiot 8y agoso collecting superfluous intelligence and racial profiling is the answer.
- MertsA 8y agoEvery TSA red team test has overwhelmingly found that they miss massive amounts of contraband. They aren't just missing pocket knives and nail clippers, red teams bring through mock firearms, large knives, drugs, bombs, etc. And overwhelmingly the TSA misses those items. The TSA is overwhelmingly security theater.