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There's a flip side to this "nothingburger" argument. If it isn't such a big deal/difference over the status quo, then why do the airlines want it? You say, "I
by moron4hire 5y ago
There's a flip side to this "nothingburger" argument. If it isn't such a big deal/difference over the status quo, then why do the airlines want it?
You say, "I don't like the surveillance state, in particular the ubiquity of cameras in public open spaces where there's no compelling reason." You are assuming there is no compelling reason because you do not personally know what that reason may be. Someone, somewhere, thought they had a compelling reason to go through the expense and hassle of developing and installing the surveillance system. It wasn't just "IDK, it's kinda neat".
It's clear from the gaping, empty space between our understanding of these systems and the desire of institutions to have them that something must be filling it. Whatever that "it" is should not be hidden from the public and communicated clearly, and not just hidden in a TOS-like document locked in a room with a tiger in the basement.
- tpc3 5y agoI suspect it's the combination of the defensive medicine effect (if something does go wrong, no one wants to be the one to take responsibility for having said no to a system that someone else will argue (true or not) that that system could have stopped the event), the belief that the security theater aspect makes customers feel safer, the belief that more data and whiz-bang technology is always better, and the decision makers don't have the technical expertise to understand that it is not getting them much in terms of increased security, and they can always make some money on the side by selling the data that they collect.
- landemva 5y agoAirlines want ID check to stop the mileage points resale trade. TSA are the airlines' frequent flier (free tickets to Hawaii) mall guards.