Stupid Security
Buck Mulligan writes "The folks at Privacy International are holding a stupid security contest to discover the "world's most pointless, intrusive, annoying and self-serving security measures." Nominations can be submitted by email: stupidsecurity@privacy.org.
My vote goes to the Ronald Reagan 'Free Trade' Center in Washington, where you have to show your driver's license to visit the food court. (Having a driver's license proves that you aren't dangerous!)"
I guess they've stopped doing this, but the airline ticket agents asking if you're a terrorist always seemed pretty stupid to me.
-- Don't Tase me, bro!