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Strict New Security Measures Put In Place For CES 2016 Attendees (cepro.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-tech-enthusiasts-love-security-measures dept.

CIStud writes: Due to the recent terror events, the Consumer Technology Association is instituting drastic new security measures for attendees coming to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from Janury 5-9, 2016. Attendees will be subject to metal detector screening and bomb-sniffing dogs, but the biggest potential bottleneck is that laptop computer bags are being discouraged. Bags with wheels will not even be allowed.

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  1. Long lines by OhPlz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What are they going to do when the terrorists realize that the long queues waiting to get through the security checkpoints are a ripe target?

  2. Re:Bags with wheels will not even be allowed. by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is wrong with bags with wheels?

    Wheels are a symbol of science, engineering and progress. If you have wheels you are siding with the subversives.

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  3. And the winner is... by Jester998 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sounds like the terrorists are winning.

    1. Re:And the winner is... by quintessencesluglord · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Winning? They've won!

      We are only about a generation away from anyone remembering a time before paranoia spilled out into the streets. After that, it is never coming back short of revolt

      The War on Drugs may have been the prelude to a police state, but there is no denying we are in the embryonic stages of one now. And the irony being the US will be just as locked-down as any caliphate.

  4. Re:Terrorist pro tip by ShaunC · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's been known for years. Why no one has ever exploited it I don't know.

    I'll tell you why: because despite the billions of dollars we're throwing at "security" each year, and all of the fear propaganda being pumped out of the television 24/7, there just aren't many terrorists trying to attack us. Weak points exist everywhere in our society, there are plenty of effective ways to inflict mass casualties, and yet it's not happening with any regularity. The lack of attacks is not attributable to draconian security measures, as plenty of avenues are currently unsecured; it's because nobody's trying. The fact of the matter is, the threat of terror attacks is incredibly tiny and is not worth the sacrifices we're making.

    By the way, one guy did attack a TSA line in Louisiana earlier this year. He wasn't brown, though, so nobody paid much attention.

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