>> I wish that, just once, some terrorist would try something >> that you can only foil by upgrading the passengers to first >> class and giving them free drinks. > > (which is probably going for most reblogged/retweeted security phrase right > about > now): > > Why not? This makes a lot of sense. Islamic terrorists wouldn't drink, > right? So turning down free drinks identifies them. Of course, you'd > get a lot of false positives out of the teetotalers, like me. So, you > put them all up front in first class, where there are more staff per > passenger, in order to keep an eye on them. If you keep checking to see > if there is anything they need, then they have no time to do whatever > they need to do in order to set off the Destructive Depends.
A more sophisticated approach to finding terrorists has been proposed quite some time ago: http://mindofmog.net/archives/2003/02/21/patriotic-duty/ Maybe those two ideas could be combined for even greater effect? Peter _______________________________________________ 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.
