Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

[danbrotherston]

This is my favourite explanation of security theatre:

I Cringely, To a Man With a Hammer

I read this back when it was first posted, and it still rings just as true 23 years later.

Very good article.

Strange case in that the author is a known liar, but the article is nevertheless very interesting and insightful. Humans be weird.

The real resolution of what I said is that we should stop doing all that other security theatre and target the security efforts more effectively. I’m not sure what the right pre-flight screening is (people very seriously do not need guns on planes), but worrying about nail clippers sure isn’t it.

I mean, the "real" resolution is a more egalitarian society where we don't need such security measures because there is no value for anyone to take these actions...you know...the same way I don't need to go through such security measures to board a train. Alas, on a good day that seems utopian, and on a bad day, it seems we're heading in the wrong direction.

Realistically, I think the most effective security apparatus is simply identifying and understanding the people who are boarding the flight, which I think we already do to some degree.