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SP4: Where'a tonny on this?Oct 1st, 2007 - 23:33:33
We call it 'profiling' and we're supposed to not be doing it, but we do, because it's very efficent for the effort put out.
Besides, when you enter the air transportation system, what makes any expectation of privacy valid to the officials?
ANY transport entity has a right to know WHO is traveling with them. They shoud have the right to know, truely, where they are from, risk, if any and how it might effect the trip.
It's very efficent to be able to scrutinize travelers i.e. running data and getting hits on high risk travelers. Origin points in gateway nations are a great place to start. Credit card data, phone usage, etc., may be off limits, but travel info should be made available.
We should just get good at it. The results vs. the cost is very good, and I cannot see any reasonable expectation of privacy that should prevent it.
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