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Comment Is this really legal? (Score 1) 364

Does the TSA actually have any real authority to patrol a football game?
The football stadium is privately owned and unlike an airport does not fall under any government security oversight.
Were the owners of the stadium notified that the TSA would have a presence at the game?

Now I know that there are those that will say the TSA can and will do what it wants wherever it wants. That is how they operate, without having to explain their actions, thinking that will keep the bad guys in check. But the TSA/Homeland security is a government organization and are to be held accountable to the public.
But unlike the massive airport presence there is no precedent for them to be at a football game.
Were they reacting to a specific threat?
Someone in the TSA decided for whatever reason they should be present at this game. The question is why.
Write your local representative asking about this disturbing new trend. Voice your concerns over the police like state and abuse of power all in the name of safety.

Or don't do anything but complain amongst ourselves and go along with everything they ask us to do. Which is what they really want.

Comment A nice hack (Score 1) 429

10 years ago we would have said "that is a cool hack".
Yes, smartphones are capable devices, but they don't do everything. They weren't designed to do everything. I have already seen Iphone apps(audio spectrum analyzer/oscilloscope) which attempt to replace dedicated hardware used in my line of work. It is neat to have a portable something that does it all, but if it doesn't do it as well or better than the original device I fail to see the point beyond the cool, small factor.

And believe it or not, not everyone has a smartphone.

There was a reason that the tricorder and communicator where not combined into 1 device.

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