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"Clear" Air-Travel Pass Data Stolen From SFO
Kozar_The_Malignant writes "A laptop containing the unencrypted security data for 33,000 travelers using the Clear system was stolen at San Francisco International Airport on July 26, according to CBS5 Television. The Clear system allows travelers who register and pay a $100.00 annual fee to speed through airport security by using a smart card at special kiosks in some airports. TSA has suspended new registrations in the system, which is run by a private contractor, Verified Identity Pass, Inc., a subsidiary of GE. The laptop was apparently stolen from a locked office at SFO. The company has now decided that it might be a good idea to encrypt the data in their systems. They are in the process of notifying customers that all of their personal data, including name, address, SSi number, passport number, date of birth, etc. has been compromised."
The extra $28 was added to include a year of credit monitoring I think.
So it's the same price as mobileMe, and it provides users with the same level of frustration. Who says government contractors can't compete?
They charge a one-time fee of $28 to encode your data with an encryption algorithm known as 'plain text.'
Does it basically come down to people paying to not have to stand in line with the rest of humanity at the airport?
Ding ding ding!
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
Names, SSi number, date of birth .. we need to stop using all of these as ID right now.
My suggestion is this. At some appropriate age, say 16-18 where most countries seem to issue ID, we each choose and commit to memory a graph G, such that the chance of a collision in all earth population is close to zero. Then whenever we need to prove our ID for air-travel or whatever we just need to go though several rounds of identify proof where we generate an isomorphic graph H, and show EITHER isomorphism between H and G, or a Hamiltonian cycle in H. After a sufficient number of rounds your identity would be certain to the required probability and you could be on your way.
The technique to do this mentally could be taught in schools. It's THAT SIMPLE!
Dude, it's called "Clear" for a reason.
I have no problem giving you my SSID, it's the WPA2 key that I have a problem giving out ;)
I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
See, this is exactly why I gave them a fake name, address, and SSN when I enrolled in CLEAR.
Just add all those names to the no-fly list.
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Looks like someone used the same trick as the PFY, just three years later.