Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights
by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:39AM
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> I think similar could be said of the TSA in the US - the DHS trust them enough to let passengers who have gone through security bring shampoo as carry on but not enough if those shampoo bottles are greater than 3.4 ounces, despite having gone through their security.
This is not about DHS trusting TSA, since the specific part of DHS that makes that regulates that is...TSA.
Re:Most Electronics Being Banned on Certain US-Bound Flights
by bogomipz on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:13AM
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The parallel I was trying to draw was that they don't trust the own systems and procedures, hence things like arbitrary liquid distinctions and now anything with a battery except cell phones.
However, I don't see that as a vote of confidence in them since they are still permitting flights.
I think similar could be said of the TSA in the US - the DHS trust them enough to let passengers who have gone through security bring shampoo as carry on but not enough if those shampoo bottles are greater than 3.4 ounces, despite having gone through their security.
I think its less about a vote of confidence and more about absurdist theater.