This is the part I like (via Wired's blog:) "The laptop contained only a portion of the online enrollment records, which are stored on a separate server, according to Slibeck. Instead, it contained a subset that was used to verify people's identity when they came to the airport to have their iris or fingerprint scanned.
The kiosks communicate with the server but keeps a local copy of some of the data so that the kiosk can be taken --> to places such as a company's cafeteria <-- where there may not be a data connection, according to Slibeck." --clip-- http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/registered-trav.html Juha-Matti > Verified Identity Pass, which operates under the brand name Clear, was > suspended by the Transportation Security Administration Monday after a > laptop containing personal information for 33,000 people signing up for > their registered traveler program was stolen from San Francisco > International Airport. > > http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6306342 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
