Matt Corallo
4d ago
SFO has had private security, not TSA, this whole time, and while it’s not wildly better, it’s definitely the best security at a major US airport.
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4d ago
Most folks don't love security theater & everyone has had a bad time at a screening checkpoint.
So, let's think for a second about hypothetical private-#TSA companies.
I'd expect them to gravitate towards AI-assigned individual risk ratings to minimize the cost of hiring & training people to interact with travelers.
To create ratings, I'd expect them to demand & consolidate invasive pools of our biometrics, web browsing, commenting, purchasing, movements & private lives.
Just don't call it a "social credit score"
You can bet they'll pivot to trying to monetize their data.
2026: We're a terminal security company
2029: We're a person rating company
Would these ratings make their way into other parts of our lives & things we want to visit?
And who exactly would stand up for us when the ratings
So, let's think for a second about hypothetical private-#TSA companies.
I'd expect them to gravitate towards AI-assigned individual risk ratings to minimize the cost of hiring & training people to interact with travelers.
To create ratings, I'd expect them to demand & consolidate invasive pools of our biometrics, web browsing, commenting, purchasing, movements & private lives.
Just don't call it a "social credit score"
You can bet they'll pivot to trying to monetize their data.
2026: We're a terminal security company
2029: We're a person rating company
Would these ratings make their way into other parts of our lives & things we want to visit?
And who exactly would stand up for us when the ratings
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Sjors Provoost
@provoost
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4d ago
Schiphol airport has "private security" too. There's some military police present at the airport for customs and general security, but for mundane baggage checking.
Of course I fully expect the US to screw this up in every conceivable way. But at least cities and state governments have an incentive to insist that their airports don't suck.
Of course I fully expect the US to screw this up in every conceivable way. But at least cities and state governments have an incentive to insist that their airports don't suck.
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once_aphysicist
@once_aphysicist
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4d ago
Schiphol's security checking is probably among the smoothest currently. It had gone down soon after COVID, took about a year or so to recover.
The immigration experience is pretty bad though, there are fewer and fewer booths with staff, and longer queues. Of course if you are EU citizen, and willing to hand over biometric data, the automatic gates seem efficient. Although, doesn't seem to work for people traveling with kids.
The immigration experience is pretty bad though, there are fewer and fewer booths with staff, and longer queues. Of course if you are EU citizen, and willing to hand over biometric data, the automatic gates seem efficient. Although, doesn't seem to work for people traveling with kids.
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Sjors Provoost
@provoost
4d ago
Afaik biometric passports are not optional in the EU, so I always use those gates. It's typically very quick on the way out, but on the way in they turn the machines off and you might have to wait half an hour because there's only one guy on duty for EU passports. Part of the reason is because our current government decided to waste a bunch of staff to patrol the German and Belgium border.
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Sjors Provoost
@provoost
4d ago
* but not for
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jack
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4d ago
Hello
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