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TSA Violated Privacy Act

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trust-big-brother dept.

pin_gween writes "Remember when the TSA said they wanted info on travelers last year? They said they were only using names to test new software. Apparently, they lied. The Guardian has an AP wire about a Congressional report on the TSA. From the article: 'The agency actually took 43,000 names of passengers and used about 200,000 variations of those names - who turned out to be real people who may not have flown that month, the GAO said. A TSA contractor collected 100 million records on those names.' They also 'published a second notice indicating that it would do the things it had earlier said it wouldn't do.' A TSA spokesman said the info will be destroyed when the test is over. My question -- will the test actually end?"

4 of 315 comments (clear)

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

    There is still a portion of the population that wants to force health care into the government.

  2. Re:Lies, lies and more lies. by Evil+Adrian · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow. The post has nothing to do with Microsoft, and you still manage to take a shot at them.

    What an asshole.

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

    This makes me wanna take a dump in someone's mouth.

    Yeah, that's right. I went there.

  4. Its all about Bush, isnt it by nurb432 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, this is OT but i really fail to understand you people. Try getting a life and doing something constructive for the country for a change.

    Your guy lost the election, get over it already.. geesh.

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