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31 January 2010

Are Tech Solutions the Best Solutions to Terrorism?

Harry Shearer gets partial credit here. We ought to rationally compare tech solutions like full-body scanners against lower-cost options like bomb-sniffing dogs, regardless of the power of the security-tech lobbies. Another example of tech failure against terrorism is the unencrypted Predator drones, which opposition forces have been able to hack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_drone#Iraq).



My only concern is that we don't dismiss full-body scanning for out-dated privacy reasons. The best response to surveillance is sousveillance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance).
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

[Edited for clarity.]