Fri, 06 Jun 2008
Stupidity, Security, Photography — the War on Photography // at 10:00
From Bruce Schneir's Schneier on Security, possibly one of the best articles I've ever read on the increasing harassment of anyone who dares to wield a camera in a public place:
... The 9/11 terrorists didn't photograph anything. Nor did the London transport bombers, the Madrid subway bombers, or the liquid bombers arrested in 2006. Timothy McVeigh didn't photograph the Oklahoma City Federal Building. The Unabomber didn't photograph anything; neither did shoe-bomber Richard Reid. Photographs aren't being found amongst the papers of Palestinian suicide bombers. The IRA wasn't known for its photography. Even those manufactured terrorist plots that the US government likes to talk about — the Ft. Dix terrorists, the JFK airport bombers, the Miami 7, the Lackawanna 6 — no photography. ...
Thank you Bruce.
Sun, 26 Aug 2007
Canberra airport… again // at 22:00
Another trip through Canberra airport, once more I'm selected for the “random” additional security checks. I think I've worked it out though, on a Sunday evening there's so little to for the security staff to do that their “random” person selector picks every third person, and anyone who stands out in the slightest gets picked on.
At least this time they were civil about the whole deal, although I am
puzzled about one aspect of the whole metal-detector thing. I walked
into the airport wearing shoes, socks, jeans, underpants, a belt,
tee-shirt, fleece vest, fleece jacket and a hat. For some reason I
have to remove the hat and it has to go through the metal detector
seperately. I guess I prefer it to be my hat to my underpants…
