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CAPPS II Trials Begin in March

Posted by michael on from the fits-the-profile dept.

corporal_clegg writes "According to this story on FoxNews, in March Delta Airlines will begin using a federal database that incorporates credit history and bank records in an effort to identify potential security threats. The federal system - CAPPS II (Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System) - will assign a "threat level" to passengers based upon information in the database and other criteria, such as whether the individual is on government watch lists. 'CAPPS II will collect data and rate each passenger's risk potential according to a three-color system: green, yellow, red. When travelers check in, their names will be punched into the system and the boarding passes encrypted with the ranking.' The scary thing is that no one really knows which databases the government will use or how long the records will remain. Slashdot covered this story in September 2002, and it now seems that the first airline is ready to give it a try. In addition to the links in the previous Slashdot article, a good background on CAPPS II can be found here." Actually, the last story we did on passenger profiling was just a week or two ago.

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  1. Fuck Passenger Profiling. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck Passenger Profiling.

  2. frist posta by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pasta salad!!!

  3. fourth post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    posting in honor of the emus.

  4. CAPPS II by Gizzmonic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Holy crap, I am wasted.

    What do you think about that?

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  5. Re:I'm a conservative! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Thanks for the lesson in ebonics! You didn't graduate HS did you? Too bad.

  6. fascinating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I lost my equipment in a foozeball-related incident.

    Funny thing about that, I was so drunk I didn't notice till the next morning. When I went to pee and my wang came off in my hand, I knew something was up.

    I tried reattaching it with some electrical tape, but it came back off in the shower.

  7. I'VE MASTURBATED TO THIS TWICE NOW! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And I'm still as hard as a poplar tree!

  8. Ever pee on an ant hill... by strAtEdgE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... as a kid and watch the ants run around and panic? It was fun to terrorize them and I always wondered what they were doing, why they ran around like that and where they were going.

    I think I finally figured it out... they were trying to get my credit history!

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