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Anecdotal (at best) evidence from this single person: No, they use 'pseudo people reading skills'. I'm good at offsetting those unintentionally. Can lead to ho

Anecdotal (at best) evidence from this single person: No, they use 'pseudo people reading skills'. I'm good at offsetting those unintentionally. Can lead to hours of fun. And they use other pseudo tests as well, that tell me that so far none of the people there checking my laptop had any clues about - computers. I've never been to the states (and - don't plan to), but I cannot imagine that the average TSA guy is more grumpy than the average [1] Ben Gurion security guy. Don't make 'different' the right thing to do. There is obviously a high demand for security here, both ~real~ and in the public mindset. Replicating that world-wide would be just as bad as placing these back-scatter machines everywhere, in my world.. 1: Insert disclaimer about the exceptions to the rule here

abraxasz 15y ago
You might be right. What is surprising though is that an airport that's under such security threat like Ben Gurion airport hasn't been breached in a very long time (I think the last major problem was in the 70's). Now you're going to say that most airports are in that situation. Yes, but Ben Gurion is not any airport, and I think I don't need to explain why it is under much more pressure than most airports in the world. Now assuming that you are 100% right, and that Israeli's security protocol is as much as a mascarade as the TSA's. Then I still believe that they put up a much much cheaper mascarade than the TSA, and that useless for useless, you might want to consider the cheapest. That was just an aside though, I'm still convinced that their security thing is not just a mascarade.
- dagw 15y ago
  Then I still believe that they put up a much much cheaper mascarade than the TSA Not even close. Israel spends close to 10 times as much on security pr. passenger compared to the US. Sure the absolute number is smaller, but that's because Israeli airports handle ~1 million passengers a year compared to US' ~700 million a year
  - alephnil 15y ago
    > Israeli airports handle ~1 million passengers a year That sounds too few. Even if you only consider individuals rather than flights that means that less than one in five Israelis flies any given year. Norway, with about the same population size handles 40 million passengers a year. Now there is virtually no domestic traffic in Israel because its small size, but it also has a lot more tourists than Norway.
    - dagw 15y ago
      I just rechecked the number and you're right, sorry. The numbers I quoted where only for El Al (the largest national carrier). The total number of all airlines is a bit over 13 million. But hey what's an order of magnitude between friends :)

abraxasz 15y ago

You might be right. What is surprising though is that an airport that's under such security threat like Ben Gurion airport hasn't been breached in a very long time (I think the last major problem was in the 70's). Now you're going to say that most airports are in that situation. Yes, but Ben Gurion is not any airport, and I think I don't need to explain why it is under much more pressure than most airports in the world. Now assuming that you are 100% right, and that Israeli's security protocol is as much as a mascarade as the TSA's. Then I still believe that they put up a much much cheaper mascarade than the TSA, and that useless for useless, you might want to consider the cheapest. That was just an aside though, I'm still convinced that their security thing is not just a mascarade.

dagw 15y ago
Then I still believe that they put up a much much cheaper mascarade than the TSA Not even close. Israel spends close to 10 times as much on security pr. passenger compared to the US. Sure the absolute number is smaller, but that's because Israeli airports handle ~1 million passengers a year compared to US' ~700 million a year
- alephnil 15y ago
  > Israeli airports handle ~1 million passengers a year That sounds too few. Even if you only consider individuals rather than flights that means that less than one in five Israelis flies any given year. Norway, with about the same population size handles 40 million passengers a year. Now there is virtually no domestic traffic in Israel because its small size, but it also has a lot more tourists than Norway.
  - dagw 15y ago
    I just rechecked the number and you're right, sorry. The numbers I quoted where only for El Al (the largest national carrier). The total number of all airlines is a bit over 13 million. But hey what's an order of magnitude between friends :)