A metal detector would only matter if that were an electronically triggered shoe device. And the x-ray/“scanner”, as mentioned, has trouble distinguishing between different materials and also works best if it is an electronically triggered shoe device. A fuse and a lighter ain’t it.
Again. There are ways to actually be secure. That isn’t what TSA (or their national equivalents) is about.
Yes. That is the security theatre part of it.
A metal detector would only matter if that were an electronically triggered shoe device. And the x-ray/“scanner”, as mentioned, has trouble distinguishing between different materials and also works best if it is an electronically triggered shoe device. A fuse and a lighter ain’t it.
Again. There are ways to actually be secure. That isn’t what TSA (or their national equivalents) is about.