September 7, 2004

Trusted Traveler Program Requires Trust

People are registering fingerprint and eye scans to become members of the new Transportation Security Administration Trusted Traveler Program. The program has little to do with security and a lot to do with keeping routine air travelers happy by making their waits for boarding airplanes much shorter. No assurances about what additional uses may be found for the information being collected or whether someone may remove himself or herself from the program.

Trading Privacy for Convenience, Washington Post, August 25, 2004