The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.
Bruce SchneierChoosing providers is not a choice between surveillance/not; it's just choosing which feudal lord gets to spy on you.
Bruce SchneierAir travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is that we'll scare ourselves into making air travel so onerous that we won't fly anymore.
Bruce Schneier