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Posted by Monty Solomon on March 19, 2008, 12:08 pm
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ITINERARIES
Paper Is Out, Cellphones Are In
By SUSAN STELLIN
March 18, 2008
First came the kiosk, a strange addition to airport terminals when
Continental Airlines began offering it as a check-in option in 1995.
It was followed by Web check-in, introduced by Alaska Airlines in
1999.
Now, with 80 percent of passengers using these self-service options,
the next step is electronic boarding passes, which essentially turn
the hand-held devices and mobile phones of travelers into their
boarding passes.
At least half a dozen airlines in the United States currently allow
customers to check in using their mobile devices, including American,
Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest and Alaska.
But so far, Continental is the only carrier in the United States to
begin testing the electronic passes, allowing those travelers to pass
through security and board the plane without handling a piece of
paper. Their boarding pass is an image of an encrypted bar code
displayed on the phone's screen, which can be scanned by gate agents
and security personnel.
When using the other airlines' mobile check-in services, customers
still have to print a boarding pass at an airport kiosk, though most
carriers are eager to eliminate this step once the Transportation
Security Administration gives its approval.
The agency has been working with Continental since December to test
electronic boarding passes, which for now can be used only for
nonstop domestic flights out of the Houston hub of Continental.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/technology/18check.html?ex=1363492800&en=8effeee3a07e5e79&ei=5090
***** Moderator's Note *****
This seems overly complicated to me: why don't they just scan the RFID
token I had implanted under my skin?
Bill Horne
Temporary Moderator
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Posted by on March 19, 2008, 4:00 pm
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> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> This seems overly complicated to me: why don't they just scan the RFID
> token I had implanted under my skin?
Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but I think society is headed in that
direction in 10-20 years. It won't be 'mandatory', but in order to
function--get a job, cash their paycheck, travel--one will need such
implanted identifier chips.
They give them to pets now to track them down if lost. I wonder if
parents will want them for their kids in case their kid gets lost or
'abducted'. I wonder if the military will require them for soldiers.
I wonder if the criminal justice world will require them for convicts
(they have ankle bracelets now). They'll start with the predators (no
will object to that), but expand it to all other offenders.
Newsweek confirmed that former Gov Spitzer was caught as a result of
anti-terrorism Patriot Act laws passed after 9/11. I'm not sure how a
high-priced hooker is a terrorist or that patronizing same makes one
not "Patriotic". Newsweek said prosecutors nationwide use Patriot Act
laws for routine law enforcement.
Unfortunately, while the news media is properly reporting the facts,
it doesn't seem people are concerned about the loss of privacy.
Indeed, they seem to applaud it feeling the intrusions make them more
secure.
The old Bell System used to proclaim that the privacy of conversations
was sacrosanct. I guess no more.
[public replies, please]
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Posted by Dave Garland on March 20, 2008, 6:37 pm
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>Newsweek confirmed that former Gov Spitzer was caught as a result of
>anti-terrorism Patriot Act laws passed after 9/11.
Actually, it was as a result of a snoop law that considerably predates
9/11 (the "Bank Secrecy Act of 1970", another of those laws whose title
conceals its contents). Snooping on citizens has been accelerating for
a long time, pretty much keeping pace with technological ability to do
it in a cost-effective way.
When I was a kid, they used to tell me that the USSR was an awful place
because the government listened to your phone calls, you had to show
your papers to the police to travel, and you couldn't get a job without
government approval. But it seems like maybe they were just too far
ahead of their time. I suspect their collapse was due to being
overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of index cards and file folders needed
to keep the surveillance records.
Dave
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Posted by Steven Lichter on March 20, 2008, 10:47 pm
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> It was a dark and stormy night when hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>
>> Newsweek confirmed that former Gov Spitzer was caught as a result of
>> anti-terrorism Patriot Act laws passed after 9/11.
>
> Actually, it was as a result of a snoop law that considerably predates
> 9/11 (the "Bank Secrecy Act of 1970", another of those laws whose title
> conceals its contents). Snooping on citizens has been accelerating for
> a long time, pretty much keeping pace with technological ability to do
> it in a cost-effective way.
>
> When I was a kid, they used to tell me that the USSR was an awful place
> because the government listened to your phone calls, you had to show
> your papers to the police to travel, and you couldn't get a job without
> government approval. But it seems like maybe they were just too far
> ahead of their time. I suspect their collapse was due to being
> overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of index cards and file folders needed
> to keep the surveillance records.
>
> Dave
>
Well we will not have to worry about that, just building larger data
storage centers.
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Posted by Ron Kritzman on March 19, 2008, 4:02 pm
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> Now, with 80 percent of passengers using these self-service options,
> the next step is electronic boarding passes, which essentially turn
> the hand-held devices and mobile phones of travelers into their
> boarding passes.
And how long before they begin to penalize those who don't use it? The
penalty for paying cash instead of using a transponder on the Illinois
tollway is 100% of the toll. Yep. Cash customers pay double.
- Ron
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