[lbo-talk] CAPPS II

Steven mailinglist at navari.com
Tue Jan 13 18:54:43 PST 2004


I'm curious, how many on the list will evaluate alternative forms of travel before giving out this type of information? ....

"CAPPS II, would require all airline travelers to provide full names, home addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth when they book flights"

http://tinyurl.com/2z7jq

Airport color-coding called 'illusory security' Privacy groups outraged at anti-terror move SF Chronicle

A federal anti-terrorism plan to screen airline passengers into color-coded groups by feeding personal information about them into huge computer databases is drawing outrage from civil libertarians and privacy advocates.

Travelers would be classified into one of three groups: green for good to go, yellow for investigate further and red for stop from flying.

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The plan, called Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, or CAPPS II, would require all airline travelers to provide full names, home addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth when they book flights. The government would feed that information, along with flight itinerary, into commercial databases ...

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