Originally Posted by
InkUnderNails
Ink's brief interjection into a very interesting discussion:
I find that the name game is a silly practice, but as implemented it is a relatively trivial matter. They have my name written on the BP. They have my destination airport. It is a trivial matter to state both as I am neither disclosing confidential information or providing information not already in the possession of the TDC. Now, when the questioning moves to where I am staying, the work I will be doing and other matters not related to the verification of my travel documents, then the game is over, and I don't play.
I agree on the trivial part, but I have moved to the view over the years that it is simply part of the problem and should therefore be resisted. As in, it's part of the incrementalism that TSA knowingly engages in, so allowing that part is letting them condition the sheeple to what comes after. It is, after all, equally trivial to protest.