Care to highlight where one finds this due process, in particular with respect to a general member of the public submitting to American Express?
And the article makes it clear that there is an element of expediency.
Oh, and this is a general member of the public using their own time and resources to try to notify a massive company to save that company pain and turmoil. So this due process had better be (a) relatively expedient and (b) not unreasonably burdensome.
A sadly good number of companies online today have never bothered to understand the RFCs. Today, you don't need to read and RFC to get up and on the net.
Many admins today have inherited a system set up by us long beards (or suspender wearers....or both). Though many of us have established good practices, there's no guaranteeing that they are being followed by those who are now running the front lines.
Would you like some nice untested, unsafe, and unclean medicine? How about some nice condoms guaranteed to only leak 20% of the time?
And when the proposed legislation actually can resolve these issues (where existing laws cannot) and when this new legislation cannot be easily abused to subdue "inconvenient content", I'll support it.
And music that the cops don't like (or understand), or think that their bosses don't like (or understand). And books. And community organizations. And up-and-coming technologies. And competition to established entities. And inconvenient displays of democracy....
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So get the government out of the way and let all players have at the marketplace. The market will pick those who serve their interests best. And as many a study have shown, that often is not the "free" option (see iTunes, Netflix, cable TV, ...)
So because of 3 incidents that span 25 years, you are willing to throw many billions of dollars, waste many years of people's lives and throw away various rights, all the while not actually being any safer?
Oh, you can name a few more examples, I get that. But we are talking about thousands of planes worldwide PER DAY, millions of pedestrians.
I am not advocating letting people walk off the street and onto a plane. But I am advocating for a smarter approach in terms of $$$, time and respect/dignity for all involved.
As for Numbers B & C: the fact that we have TSA agents blindly following a "procedure" rather than assessing the individuals they are screening for an actual potential risk highlights that the system is ripe for gaming.
All that the "terrorists" need to do is send in enough individuals that get past the randomized screening (where enough == 1 or 2).
The fact is, there aren't terrorist attacks going on all the time simply because there aren't terrorist attacks going on all the time. Otherwise, TSA would be giving us daily or weekly recaps of all the attacks they have thwarted. But they don't because they aren't.
Tell us about "almost all of the terrorist attacks". First, which "terrorist" attacks are you talking about? Second, where do you come up with these "facts" about the terrorists origins?
Of the millions of bodies we see at the end of each and every year...oh wait...there aren't millions, nor thousands...unless you want to use a broad definition of the term "terrorism".
Yet the resources, time and liberties that are thrown at this issue are grossly disproportionate to other, real, measurable problems that exist.
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And the article makes it clear that there is an element of expediency.
Oh, and this is a general member of the public using their own time and resources to try to notify a massive company to save that company pain and turmoil. So this due process had better be (a) relatively expedient and (b) not unreasonably burdensome.
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Many admins today have inherited a system set up by us long beards (or suspender wearers....or both). Though many of us have established good practices, there's no guaranteeing that they are being followed by those who are now running the front lines.
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And you are suggesting that existing legislation does not allow law enforcement to prosecute such offenders?
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And when the proposed legislation actually can resolve these issues (where existing laws cannot) and when this new legislation cannot be easily abused to subdue "inconvenient content", I'll support it.
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Carry On, Indeed
...er-r-r-r...except maybe the Carry On films.
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Can't think of anything that could go wrong with this idea...
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You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Get it?
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Sell out
And who the hell wants to acquire a business that has a zero-revenues, all-expenses business model? (Rupert Murdoch can't buy them all...)
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Oh, you can name a few more examples, I get that. But we are talking about thousands of planes worldwide PER DAY, millions of pedestrians.
I am not advocating letting people walk off the street and onto a plane. But I am advocating for a smarter approach in terms of $$$, time and respect/dignity for all involved.
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All that the "terrorists" need to do is send in enough individuals that get past the randomized screening (where enough == 1 or 2).
The fact is, there aren't terrorist attacks going on all the time simply because there aren't terrorist attacks going on all the time. Otherwise, TSA would be giving us daily or weekly recaps of all the attacks they have thwarted. But they don't because they aren't.
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Of the millions of bodies we see at the end of each and every year...oh wait...there aren't millions, nor thousands...unless you want to use a broad definition of the term "terrorism".
Yet the resources, time and liberties that are thrown at this issue are grossly disproportionate to other, real, measurable problems that exist.