We’ve opened up a new front on the war on terror. It’s an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it’s a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested — even if you did nothing wrong, and had no intention of doing anything wrong… If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn’t be surprised when you get amateur security.
Bruce Schneier, from “The War on the Unexpected” [schneier.com], Schneier on Security
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