[IP] more on A $79.95 Opportunity to Breeze Through Security

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: dsr@tao.merseine.nu
Date: September 13, 2005 12:14:34 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] A $79.95 Opportunity to Breeze Through Security



For IP, of course...


> September 13, 2005
> A $79.95 Opportunity to Breeze Through Security
>
> By JOE SHARKEY
> called Verified Identity Pass. If Mr. Brill gets his way (and he
> usually does), his company's Clear Registered Traveler Program could
> soon have many members paying $79.95 each year to obtain an identity
> card that allows them to pass through airport checkpoints without
> being treated like a prisoner being hustled to the cellblock.

That's wonderful! Why, for just $80 per cell member, any terrorist
group leader  can find out whether the Feds think any of his agents
are suspicious.

Of course, the Feds aren't stupid, so they will clear some or
all of the suspected agents anyway, putting a secret marker in
their files so that they can be watched more carefully. (If the
Feds know who the bad guys are anyway, why aren't the Feds doing
something about that *now*? Silly question.)

Meanwhile, all the salescritters and executives for ten thousand firms
across the US will be applying for the program too, having the
company pay the $80 expense and flooding the Feds with a hundred
thousand applications ASAP. What will be the false negative
rate? What will be the false positive rate?

-dsr-


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