CAPPS II Trials Begin in March

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.

*ponders*

[EngMedic]

CAPPS II will collect data and rate each passenger's risk potential
//begin code snippet if(PassengerEthnicity()=='arab')
{
InitiateSearch();
SetThreatLevel(doom);
};

Fiscal No-No

[the.jedi]

.... incorporates credit history and bank records in an effort to identify potential security threats.

Oh thats right....poor people are all terrorists.

Just remember if you bounce a check then the terrorists have already won.

What Happened??

[Anonymous Coward]

Where is the NYT registration required link??

At least edit out the fox news link; it offends us left-wing folks.

Yeah well

[EpsCylonB]

anyone who doesn't want a national identity card has something to hide.

Re:What Happened??

[Anonymous Coward]

Fox News must be doing something right if it offends you left-wing folks.

Re:stupid searches are good

[adamruck]

taco should make you an editor...

Re:Ironic...

[Cyno]

Maybe with the help of Sunny Bono or Disney we can get that extended to 70 years. ;)

Re:Ah ... note the first line is commented out.

[56ker]

passengers are a threat.

Solution: decrease passenger numbers.

Solution: cancel all flights.

Threat avoided.

Financial error - company no longer making profit

Solution - replace employees with AI - become non-airline company.

Coming to a country near you...

[whereiswaldo]

First there was offshore IT... ... and now... offshore citizens!

Don't like it, get the hell out. Or at least write your representative.