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What sand are you putting in the gears exactly? By the time you have gotten on a plane, the TSA has already validated your identity with a photo ID and they alr

What sand are you putting in the gears exactly? By the time you have gotten on a plane, the TSA has already validated your identity with a photo ID and they already know who you are. You still have to validate yourself using a government issued ID - with your photo. You’re taking everything out of your carry on, taking your belt off and only making life harder for yourself. The only difference with airports that don’t use facisk recognition through TSA Precheck is that they make you scan your drivers license and your ticket instead of just scan your face. For reference in 2022 alone, I’ve flown out of SEA, DAL, SFO, LAX, ATL (my home airport), BNA (3x), CHS, CLT, MCO (2x), CUN, and I have one more flight by the end of the year through MIA. Facial recognition is one less thing I have to worry about fumbling for when I go through an airport. That’s not to mention my not having to take out all of my electronic gear (2 laptops, iPad, portable monitor, keyboard, mouse, battery pack, etc.

marssaxman 4y ago
> You’re taking everything out of your carry on, taking your belt off I'm doing more than just that! I refuse to get pre-check. I bring a paper boarding pass. I neglect to remove liquids and cosmetics from my luggage, so that my bag sometimes has to be hand-inspected and/or run through the scanner twice. I opt out of the backscatter/mill-wave scanner - every time! - so that a TSA employee has to pat me down in person, where I can look them in the eye; whenever feasible, I wear a kilt. > and only making life harder for yourself. Of course. Such is the price of civil disobedience. What other leverage do I have against the TSA? You're looking at this individually, and that's fine - do whatever works for you! But I don't care that much about my personal convenience; I'm trying to push back against the invasive, unnecessary, unjust nuisance the TSA imposes against all of us, and I am doing that through malicious compliance (or quasi-compliance!) with their useless rules.
- scarface74 4y ago
  So how is your civil disobedience affecting anyone? It’s only affecting the non frequent flyers while everyone who travels frequently has TSA PreCheck. The airlines font care if you or all the people behind you miss your flight. Successful civil disobedience inconvenience other people enough and those in power to convince them to change. The only thing you’re doing is convince more people to pay to not deal with it. The TSA doesn’t care if the line gets backed up. When that line gets too long for TSA PreCheck. We get Clear. I mentioned in thd previous post that this year alone as part of my normal life I flew six times for business and 4 times for personal reasons. Now, my wife and I are doing the digital nomad thing and between personal and business, I’ll be on at least 30 one way flights within the next year.
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marssaxman 4y ago

> You’re taking everything out of your carry on, taking your belt off I'm doing more than just that! I refuse to get pre-check. I bring a paper boarding pass. I neglect to remove liquids and cosmetics from my luggage, so that my bag sometimes has to be hand-inspected and/or run through the scanner twice. I opt out of the backscatter/mill-wave scanner - every time! - so that a TSA employee has to pat me down in person, where I can look them in the eye; whenever feasible, I wear a kilt. > and only making life harder for yourself. Of course. Such is the price of civil disobedience. What other leverage do I have against the TSA? You're looking at this individually, and that's fine - do whatever works for you! But I don't care that much about my personal convenience; I'm trying to push back against the invasive, unnecessary, unjust nuisance the TSA imposes against all of us, and I am doing that through malicious compliance (or quasi-compliance!) with their useless rules.

scarface74 4y ago
So how is your civil disobedience affecting anyone? It’s only affecting the non frequent flyers while everyone who travels frequently has TSA PreCheck. The airlines font care if you or all the people behind you miss your flight. Successful civil disobedience inconvenience other people enough and those in power to convince them to change. The only thing you’re doing is convince more people to pay to not deal with it. The TSA doesn’t care if the line gets backed up. When that line gets too long for TSA PreCheck. We get Clear. I mentioned in thd previous post that this year alone as part of my normal life I flew six times for business and 4 times for personal reasons. Now, my wife and I are doing the digital nomad thing and between personal and business, I’ll be on at least 30 one way flights within the next year.
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