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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by issa on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:14AM (#19533815)
Government is great at some things. Unfortunately one of those things isn't dealing with fears rationally.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by chii on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:56AM (#19533962)
> dealing with fears rationally.

people as an individual also don't deal with fears rationally. This is exploited by those in power (or whoever that can) to further their own agenda - whether it's greed or control or whatever.

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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by Godel_unicode on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:10AM (#19534013)
I think that Hanlons razor, combined with the need to Do Something™, suffices to explain this.
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Re:Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to A... by robertAngst on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:25AM (#19535019)
Which things?
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