Comments on: Inexplicable airport “security” http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/01/24/inexplicable_airport_security.html Musings of a techie lawyer Sun, 20 May 2012 18:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Ed Felten http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/01/24/inexplicable_airport_security.html#comment-77 Ed Felten Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:17:13 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=76#comment-77 The foot-tester need not be the kind of oracle you described. I used a similar foot-tester at O'Hare but it was inside the security processing area (but before the metal detector), so that you couldn't change your mind and leave quietly if you didn't like what the tester said. You could go through security with your shoes on or off -- but you had to go through. The foot-tester need not be the kind of oracle you described. I used a similar foot-tester at O’Hare but it was inside the security processing area (but before the metal detector), so that you couldn’t change your mind and leave quietly if you didn’t like what the tester said. You could go through security with your shoes on or off — but you had to go through.

]]> By: cloudy, chance of sun breaks http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/01/24/inexplicable_airport_security.html#comment-80 cloudy, chance of sun breaks Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:52:19 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=76#comment-80 <strong>airports as natural place for WiFi</strong> Delta gives a little R & R: "Bizarre missing feature: Any sort of networking, so I'm blogging and uploading via... airports as natural place for WiFi

Delta gives a little R & R: “Bizarre missing feature: Any sort of networking, so I’m blogging and uploading via…

]]> By: LawGeek http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/01/24/inexplicable_airport_security.html#comment-79 LawGeek Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:00:56 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=76#comment-79 <strong>Airport Insecurity Features: Pre-checkpoint Shoe Testing</strong> My colleague Wendy Seltzer has a nice post about the newest oxymoron in airport security: the Pre-screen Shoe Tester. As we queued for the TSA belt, there was a foot-testing platform outside, where we could see for ourselves whether our Airport Insecurity Features: Pre-checkpoint Shoe Testing

My colleague Wendy Seltzer has a nice post about the newest oxymoron in airport security: the Pre-screen Shoe Tester. As we queued for the TSA belt, there was a foot-testing platform outside, where we could see for ourselves whether our

]]> By: cloudy, chance of sun breaks http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2004/01/24/inexplicable_airport_security.html#comment-78 cloudy, chance of sun breaks Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:46:05 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=76#comment-78 <strong>the bad guys don't need any help</strong> Wendy's Blog: Legal Tags: Inexplicable airport "security": "But if the foot-tester device is accurate (and it'll cause more frustration than... the bad guys don’t need any help

Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tags: Inexplicable airport “security”: “But if the foot-tester device is accurate (and it’ll cause more frustration than…

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