Episode 463 • • 2:46:10 - 2:51:03
463: Dead Hand of Bureaucracy
Future Terror Plots, Risk Scores and Border Security Software
The hosts speculate on future "terror events" that might be used to justify new security measures, such as TSA at ferry terminals or train stations. They analyze a BBC report on new SAS software that assigns "risk scores" to travelers based on cash payments, age, and travel history. They compare this to credit scores, calling the normalization of individual risk profiles "disgusting."