The TSA list of things they’re protecting us from. If that list doesn’t prove the TSA’s irrelevancy, I don’t know what does. Well, maybe that they’re gung-ho about protecting us from cupcakes.
Schneier himself doesn’t want to abolish the TSA, but I’d consider that too much faith in a government institution. At one point, I was kinda-sorta of the same opinion—that security has strong enough externalities that private institutions likely would not hit the optimal point—but there are incentives in place…or at least would be if the government wasn’t too busy screwing around with peoples’ cupcakes.
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