Vanity Fair article
Dec 21, 2011, 6:06 pm
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Vanity Fair article
Good article. Not at all inflammatory yet very disparaging of the TSA. Author writes of spending time with Bruce Schneier at an airport.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...nsanity-201112
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...nsanity-201112
Dec 21, 2011, 7:06 pm
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17 killed by "terrorists", 200 drowned in bathtubs.
People are, for the most part, incapable of rationally assessing risk, otherwise there would be a national ban on bathtubs.
Excellent article - no sensationalism, no bashing, just facts.
People are, for the most part, incapable of rationally assessing risk, otherwise there would be a national ban on bathtubs.
Excellent article - no sensationalism, no bashing, just facts.
Dec 21, 2011, 8:28 pm
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Should be req'd reading for anyone even thinking about getting on a plane.
Or bus.
Or train.
Or highway.
Or sport stadium.
Or anywhere else the TSA might turn up.
Or bus.
Or train.
Or highway.
Or sport stadium.
Or anywhere else the TSA might turn up.
Dec 21, 2011, 10:12 pm
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Dec 21, 2011, 10:17 pm
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Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that the incredibly few airline terrorsts (now dead) out there had boarding passes in the same names as their ID.
Dec 22, 2011, 11:13 am
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He'll go on about how they're spending millions of dollars on scanners that will match up with the airlines to make sure names match up.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that the incredibly few airline terrorsts (now dead) out there had boarding passes in the same names as their ID.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that the incredibly few airline terrorsts (now dead) out there had boarding passes in the same names as their ID.
Dec 22, 2011, 3:23 pm
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Bruce has ten million FF miles? Dude belongs here.
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Dec 24, 2011, 7:57 am
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I think this story is going to back fire on us. Drudge posted it this morning under the headline "Reporter skates through security with fake boarding pass". Instead of acknowledging the uselessness of their stupid security theater, the TSA will take this as an opportunity to beg for more money to buy their super secure "board pass scanners". More money down the drain and no real increase in security.
Dec 25, 2011, 2:28 pm
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1. Layers, layers, layers
2. Obviously, the reporter wasn't a threat to security, so there's no story here
3. New digital scanners are on the way
Dec 25, 2011, 4:21 pm
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It's about time! Now, I just wonder what they're going to do about all the college students...oh, and criminals too...