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A comment on Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional. Parent comment

Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by refurb on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @05:16PM (#21518786)
I would actually argue it does improve security since you're spending more time on the people who have a higher probability of being a terrorist versus those that don't.

What doesn't improve security is just random screening where you're frisking 4-year olds and senior citizens and letting the adult males walk on by.

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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by hanniabu on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:24AM (#21521589)
It takes months to years for the regulation and security to start direct profiling a specific group. It takes this group a few days to change strategy. It's not very effective to have tunnel vision.
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