{"id":300,"date":"2004-11-24T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2004-11-24T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=300"},"modified":"2009-04-12T18:53:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T22:53:22","slug":"amtrak-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/11\/24\/amtrak-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak &#8220;Security&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/11\/amtrak_security.html\">Schneier on Security: Amtrak &#8220;Security&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stupid, stupid, stupid&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers&#8217; IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>This works because, somehow, terrorists don&#8217;t have IDs.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about this kind of thing before. It&#8217;s the kind of program that makes us no safer, and wastes everyone&#8217;s time and Amtrak&#8217;s money.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>-Keithius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stupid, stupid, stupid&#8230; &#8220;Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers&#8217; IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks. This works because, somehow, terrorists don&#8217;t have IDs. I&#8217;ve written about this kind of thing before. It&#8217;s the kind of program that makes us no safer, and wastes everyone&#8217;s time and Amtrak&#8217;s money.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-4Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1324,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/09\/02\/the-tsas-photo-id-rules-are-useless\/","url_meta":{"origin":300,"position":0},"title":"The TSA&#8217;s Photo ID Rules are Useless","author":"Keith Survell","date":"September 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The rules that the TSA has rolled out regarding photo IDs and their requirements for getting onto passenger airplanes are usless. In fact, you could argue that they are worse than useless, since they create a false sense of security - and they cost us a lot of money (both\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3467,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/08\/31\/our-dangerous-obsession-with-identity\/","url_meta":{"origin":300,"position":1},"title":"Our Dangerous Obsession with Identity","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past 10 years, we've developed an obscene obsession with \"identity,\" and for all the wrong reasons.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ID Card","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1014\/1338707162_5861b638c1_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":492,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/05\/13\/real-id-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":300,"position":2},"title":"Real ID Summary","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 13, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Because most people are too lazy to read the bill itself, (and frankly, it's filled with so much legalese that most people can't understand it) here's an honest, unbiased breakdown of the bill's ID-relevant sections.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3479,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/09\/08\/trust-no-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":300,"position":3},"title":"Trust No One","author":"Keith Survell","date":"September 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In the post 9\/11 America, you are presumed guilty until... well, you're pretty much always presumed guilty.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":716,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/04\/03\/movie-plot-threats\/","url_meta":{"origin":300,"position":4},"title":"Movie-Plot Threats","author":"Keith Survell","date":"April 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"They're good for scaring people, but it's just silly to build national security policy around them.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1039,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/02\/05\/verizon-and-incredibly-stupid-verification-schemes\/","url_meta":{"origin":300,"position":5},"title":"Verizon and INCREDIBLY STUPID Verification Schemes","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Before we begin today's rant, it is important to point out that the word \"elegant\" holds a special meaning for software people. 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