LA Airport Uses Random Numbers To Catch Terrorists 321
An anonymous reader writes "Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is using randomization software to determine the location and timing of security checkpoints and patrols. The theory is that random security will make it impossible for terrorists to predict the actions of security forces. The ARMOR software, written by computer scientists at the University of Southern California, was initially developed to solve a problem in game theory. Doctoral student Praveen Paruchuri wrote algorithms on how an agent should react to an opponent who has perfect information about the agent's choices."
Security Through Obscurity! (Score:4, Funny)
Behind the scenes in Homeland Security... (Score:5, Funny)
Doesn't Microsoft hold patents on that? (Score:4, Funny)
wily terrorists (Score:3, Funny)
All they have to do is predict these random numbers ahead of time... Using a dice.
Discovery Institute is mad. (Score:3, Funny)
What happens if... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Behind the scenes in Homeland Security... (Score:5, Funny)
int numCheckpointsToday()
{
return 0;
}
(With apologies to xkcd).
Re:Doesn't Microsoft hold patents on that? (Score:5, Funny)
Why, I think you are wrong! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Security Through Obscurity! (Score:5, Funny)
Staff sergeant: "Ok, Ralph" *rolls dice* "you are going to move 4 feet to the left."
Why not? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:wily terrorists (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Behind the scenes in Homeland Security... (Score:1, Funny)
Where's the news? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Security Through Obscurity! (Score:1, Funny)
You number the place by sectors, then get a piece of cardboard and draw squares on it. Then you get another piece of cardboard with times on it!!! Then you get the captain blindfolded with some darts!!! If he gets a little too predictable...then we get him drunk!!!
Open source, Random, Algorithmically sound, AND absolutely intoxicating!
Re:Randomizing responses to break a protocol... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Security Through Obscurity! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just send more operatives (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Behind the scenes in Homeland Security... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Behind the scenes in Homeland Security... (Score:1, Funny)
Mine goes up to eleven!