Re: Man up!

Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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 From Bruce Schneier:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/11/me_on_airport_s_1.html

A short history of airport security: We screen for guns and bombs, so  
the terrorists use box cutters. We confiscate box cutters and  
corkscrews, so they put explosives in their sneakers. We screen  
footwear, so they try to use liquids. We confiscate liquids, so they  
put PETN bombs in their underwear. We roll out full-body scanners,  
even though they wouldn’t have caught the Underwear Bomber, so they  
put a bomb in a printer cartridge. We ban printer cartridges over 16  
ounces — the level of magical thinking here is amazing — and they’re  
going to do something else.
This is a stupid game, and we should stop playing it.



On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Bruce Geerdes wrote:

>> It should be embarrassing to shirk our part in averting another  
>> attack.
>
> I believe in Security Theater.
>
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