OT: mailbox generator

[Shachar Shemesh]

On 04/25/2013 04:23 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Off topic, but may be interesting:
>
> I heard recently that it is now legal for the security checks in the Ben
> Gurion airport to require that I show my mail account.
>
> Any existing software to automatically (and periodically) generate email
> on a mailbox which will appear to be used, so if anybody wants a casual
> look at my mailbox, I don't have to provide any real email credentials?
>
Since the only sanction that can apply to you if you refuse is to refuse
your entrance this does not apply to Israeli citizens (IANAL).

Assuming the above is true, I am actually quite conflicted about this.
Their response was to say that this was only done for people where
suspicion already exists. In addition, it is obvious that anyone can
refuse to be searched, and the only viable sanction against them is to
be refused entrance. Ideally, I'd say "just refuse them entrance", but I
purely logically, it is better to be offered the option rather than
simply being refused entrance.

I think the main cause for anger here is the fact we do not, in fact,
trust the security authorities to apply the judgement calls they claim
they are capable of applying. With so many stories about people being
detained and questions not because they were posing an immediate
security risk, but because they were posing political risks, there is
inherent distrust on whether this is done to thwart security threats,
rather than as a tool for collecting intelligence.

While I am the first to admit that there is a propaganda war going on
against Israel, I feel this is the wrong method (and the wrong agents)
to collect intelligence.

Shachar

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Shachar Shemesh

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