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safety measures designed to be seen, not to work.
means visible security procedures that make people feel protected without meaningfully reducing actual risk.
from coined by security technologist bruce schneier in the early 2000s, popularized after post-9/11 airport screening turned taking off shoes into ritual.
coinerbruce schneier, cryptographer, around 2003
classic exampletsa confiscating water bottles, not bombs
goalperceived safety, not measured safety
cousin conceptcargo cult, mimicking form without function