Some history, from an article I wrote 2.5 years ago: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,19218,00.html WASHINGTON -- A US$2.8-billion monitoring system championed by Vice President Gore will use computer profiles to single out airline passengers for investigation and scrutiny. Airlines will use a secret algorithm to compare travelers' personal data to profiles of likely terrorists, according to a new proposed federal regulation. Other travelers will be chosen at random. [...]
---- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:01:21 -0400 From: alex_salkever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo endorse self-rating system at event today Declan, here is a column I wrote on the need for better passenger profiling to safeguard air travel and clamp down on international crime. Would love to see what the PolitechBot crew has to say about it. If you wish to use this, please warn them, though, that there is a global pop-up on our site, something I don't love but have no control over. Thanks! http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2001/nf20011023_1736.htm -- Alex Salkever Technology Editor www.businessweek.com 212.904.3582 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
