[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:37:24 CDT, Gadi Evron said: > > >> That's the "lovely" thing about living in Israel, the security services >> are too preoccupied with trying to prevent the next terrorist attack to >> remotely care about us security hacktivists. >> > > See, that's the big difference - *your* security forces are actually working > on preventing the *next* attack. Ours are busy playing security theatre > with making it look like they're Doing Something to prevent the *last* attack. [snip]
Regarding security theater. In Israel many things are also regarded by civilians as security theater. Sometimes it is indeed 'just a show' and sometimes the guard checking bags at the mall stops the suicide bomber. (This actually happened more than once.) Even when it is (partly) 'just a show', it intimidates terrorists, and prevents them from trying. Many terrorists decided to detonate themselves outside instead of trying their luck with the guard. In these cases, I also see no harm in letting people feel a bit more secure. Cheers, Imri ------------------------- Imri Goldberg www.algorithm.co.il/blogs www.imri.co.il ------------------------- Insert Signature Here ------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
