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minus-squaremoon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 months agoThey actually know a lot of stuff is harmless but it’s Security Theatre that was meant to make people feel better about flying after 9/11
minus-squareson_named_bort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoDoes anybody actually feel safe because of the TSA?
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI mean, I feel like I’m probably not going to be shot or macheted while in flight, so that’s nice. But yeah, I know it’s not great.
minus-squarecucumberbob@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoScanners have gotten better recently, meaning they can tell the difference between water and explosives, but these restrictions weren’t pulled out of thin air like many others. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_repercussions_due_to_the_2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot There was a thwarted terrorist plot to use drink bottles to hold explosives.
They actually know a lot of stuff is harmless but it’s Security Theatre that was meant to make people feel better about flying after 9/11
Does anybody actually feel safe because of the TSA?
I mean, I feel like I’m probably not going to be shot or macheted while in flight, so that’s nice. But yeah, I know it’s not great.
Scanners have gotten better recently, meaning they can tell the difference between water and explosives, but these restrictions weren’t pulled out of thin air like many others.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_repercussions_due_to_the_2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot
There was a thwarted terrorist plot to use drink bottles to hold explosives.