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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by dx034 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:48AM (#26722514)
As much as I hate queues at the airport, I believe that TSA and Co. are effective. Sure, they cannot catch anyone but people demonstrating that in tests tend to be much more knowledgeable than would-be attackers. Just knowing that you could get caught is enough to put off many. There's a reason why the terrorist attacks we've seen in recent years (especially in Europe) have been largely focused on vehicles , trying to blow up a plane has become much more risky with TSA.

So I don't think it's mainly window-dressing. It's not perfect but enough to scare off most bad guys.

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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by marshmallow_12 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:53PM (#26728372)
we all have to play along with this dumb charade that we know is inherently useless. It's insanity
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by dx034 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:54AM (#26736565)
I think you misunderstood my comment? I don't think it's useless. It's annoying and not perfect but airport security has improved safety of aviation by a lot in my opinion. The lack of any successful onboard attacks on aircrafts in the past decade (when other terror attacks happened frequently in Europe) are a good indicator for that.
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by marshmallow_12 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:20AM (#26737420)
ben gurion is widely acknowledged as being one of the most secure airports in the world. And they get by without all these stupid rules about shoes and liquids etc.
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