• slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
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    3 天前

    First off, fuck the NY post.

    Secondly, no, it IS unrelated. An issue with the TSA is not an example of a backdoor. Both are bad things, but it ends there.

    A law implementing a back door would be a far more ubiquitous concern than some one off sticky fingers in Florida.

    Did the tsa use a backdoor to find out what people had in order to steal it? No. How tf is this dumb take supported.

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      3 天前

      The little red locks on luggage have a backdoor for the TSA, so yes, they literally used a backdoor to find out what people had and steal it. The reason I brought it up is because people sometimes have a hard time realizing the severity of something unless it’s grounded in the real physical world.

      Also, chill the f out, man. Sheesh.

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            3 天前

            You don’t need a tsa approved lock to open an unlocked bag. Nor a bag that is locked in any other fashion. Which is why this is a contrived connection.

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              Do you unlock your bags before pushing them through the scanner? I only do it if they ask me to and that only happens directly in front of me. But sure, let’s assume bags were fully unlocked and unattended, it’s still a case of representatives of a government organization (aka the good guys) with full access to a backdoor showing that they’re not to be trusted, which is the entire point I’m trying to make.

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                I don’t lock them to begin with. And I certainly wouldn’t purchase a tsa approved lock. Regardless, I was not subject to a law requiring that the non-tsa lock I was using to have a backdoor added. Which is why this is a bad comparison all around.

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                  You are subject to a law requiring the lock you use to have a TSA backdoor added if you travel anywhere the TSA has jurisdiction.

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                    No. I’m not. I’ve never used that lock and I’m not required to.

                    Plus, the thieves in this case we’re arrested. The French government would not be. This is a terrible comparison, even more so as we move along.