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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They fail gloriously at at that too.

Whenever they get tested the red teams manage to smuggle in everything needed to hijiack a plane plus a kitchen sink.

The few times that terrorists tried to board planes, they made it through security and were caught by other passengers.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's what's changed. Before, a hijacking meant a free trip to south America or Cuba. Now it means you're likely to die if you don't stop the hijackers. A planeful of pissed off passengers determined to live are gonna stop a would-be hijacker.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plus the cockpit doors lock. Which can turn out to be a double-edged sword if the pilot has a breakdown and decides he wants to take everyone else with him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Rigidly hierarchical control structures always carry the implicit assumption that those at the top are the good guys. (That is if they’re being sold as a way to ensure good)

The common trope about “if you don’t have anything to hide why have privacy?” is overturned by challenging that assumption. Sometimes the guys doing the surveillance turn bad and then it’s a worse situation than if there wasn’t total surveillance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not if he has a bomb though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Shoe Bomber and the Underwear Bomber don't count? :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True, although those seemed like pretty seriously incompetent attempts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Anger and bitterness degrade the brain.