[IP] more on don't sweat, or change moods at the airport

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Sounds like on old song -- if your white your ok if your brown....  djf

Begin forwarded message:

From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
Date: May 18, 2006 3:34:50 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: brett watson <brett@the-watsons.org>
Subject: Re: [IP] don't sweat, or change moods at the airport

> unbelievable.  for IP if you like.
>
> A New Tack for Airport Screening: Behave Yourself
>
> Exclusive: Airport screeners plan to shift tactics, focusing less on
> scissors and more on passenger behavior

This is long overdue -- people are much better at recognizing strange
behavior than at staring at x-ray screens looking for stuff that's
never there.

Bruce Schneier has been writing about this for years.  See, for
example, an article he wrote in 2004:

http://www.schneier.com/essay-076.html

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for  
Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor
"More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.



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