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Passenger Profiling: CAPPS II

Posted by michael on from the what-me-worry dept.

gabec writes "'Initial rollout of what may eventually become the world's largest silicon repository of personal data could be less than 90 days away....The Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II (CAPPS II) is designed to scan multiple public and private databases for information on individuals traveling into and out of the United States. The system will feed the results to an analysis application that mathematically ranks travelers' potential as security threats.' It will happen by the end of the year, if nothing is done to stop it: And here are some articles on this."

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  1. pie. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pie is the best.

    go eat some pie.

    now.

    seriously.

    go eat it.

    you moron.

    stop reading and get pie!

  2. Re:Rape Should Be Legal!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps you should clarify that you're advocating heterosexual rape, not faggot rape. The ass doesn't help in reproduction.

  3. Im surprised this wasnt rejected. by utdpenguin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Im surprised this wasnt rejected. I mean, I feel that the usual slashdot standards have not been met. A post shoudl reference more article than this. I dont feel that there is enough information available for a truly good post.

    --
    In Soviet Russia you dant have to put up with these crappy jokes
  4. Actually evolution created a defense against rape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do you think men have their balls unprotected? So that if sex isn't consentual, the woman can kick your balls and move you out of the gene pool.

  5. The world... by pclminion · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Has become unstable.

    Time to reboot?

  6. Re:I've said it before, and i'll say it again.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought that a Vivid Video movie was the world's largest repository of silicone...

  7. MOD PARENT UP INSIGHTFUL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's criminal that no one has so far.