
If you believe that technology could be bridging the generation gap, think again. According to Deloitte’s first State of the Media report it’s as stark as ever.
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David Heath
Wednesday, 11 June 2008 18:24
After-all, if you’re a good boy (or girl) who forgot their driver’s licence, all you need do is meekly offer a mea culpa and submit to a little extra screening. To quote the TSA site: “Cooperative passengers without ID may be subjected to additional screening protocols, including enhanced physical screening, enhanced carry-on and/or checked baggage screening, interviews with behaviour detection or law enforcement officers and other measures.” Pretty easy if you’re a terrorist – what better encouragement would you need to be sure you left your ID at home! Or make sure your fake ID is sufficiently ‘real.’
However, if you’re an activist, basically, you’re screwed! Arc up at pretty-much anything at the security check point and the only flight you’re going to take is the lunatic taxi driver on the way back home.
When Bruce Schneier talks about “Security Theatre,” he is generally focussing on the charade of security versus the reality. However, the TSA has developed a new kind of security theatre – one where only the very skilled and the very stupid are permitted a role.
It gets worse. You’ve succeeded in traversing this lunacy without agitating too much; your flight’s quota of terrorists decided to take the day off and you arrive at a primary entry port of any one of the G8 nations.
Now a new challenge begins.
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