Security requires a particular mindset. Security professionals — at least the good ones — see the world differently. They can’t walk into a store without noticing how they might shoplift.
This reminds me of a thing Israelis often do when we go through security (say, to enter a store) where we think how we could have smuggled a bomb inside and the security guard wouldn’t catch it, and often joke about it with people around us. It would weird for most people outside Israel, but Israelis are used to it because we’re so saturated with stories about these things happening (That’s the reason with have security guards in the first places, I’m pretty sure most countries don’t have nearly as much as Israel). So this seems like a case of a whole culture becoming a bit more security minded, even if just in a narrow field (terrorist attacks).
Oh, btw, the joke is at least somewhat wrong, since the security guard takes into account how likely they think you are to attempt an attack in how thoroughly they check you. So if you think “I could have done something”, the guard already did their job.
This reminds me of a thing Israelis often do when we go through security (say, to enter a store) where we think how we could have smuggled a bomb inside and the security guard wouldn’t catch it, and often joke about it with people around us. It would weird for most people outside Israel, but Israelis are used to it because we’re so saturated with stories about these things happening (That’s the reason with have security guards in the first places, I’m pretty sure most countries don’t have nearly as much as Israel). So this seems like a case of a whole culture becoming a bit more security minded, even if just in a narrow field (terrorist attacks).
Oh, btw, the joke is at least somewhat wrong, since the security guard takes into account how likely they think you are to attempt an attack in how thoroughly they check you. So if you think “I could have done something”, the guard already did their job.