Comments on: Clear through security? http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/ Editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new content startup. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Todd http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-65147 Todd Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:09:03 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-65147 Alternative - look at bidding on "empty leg" private jet seats or time shares. From what I have read, if you are willing to put up with last minute flight time changes and the occasional lay over, they are just a little more than first class seats. The bonus? ZERO waiting in any line at all. https://www.virgincharter.com/empty_leg/about http://www.onesky.com/ Alternative - look at bidding on “empty leg” private jet seats or time shares. From what I have read, if you are willing to put up with last minute flight time changes and the occasional lay over, they are just a little more than first class seats. The bonus? ZERO waiting in any line at all.

https://www.virgincharter.com/empty_leg/about

http://www.onesky.com/

]]> By: Eliot http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-64293 Eliot Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:37:04 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-64293 Schneier points out that the only serious gain is that CLEAR travelers are experienced travelers http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/clear_registere.html Schneier points out that the only serious gain is that CLEAR travelers are experienced travelers http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/clear_registere.html

]]> By: Chris http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-64179 Chris Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:24:05 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-64179 I used to have it when traveling from Glasgow/London to Amsterdam (Its called Privium Pass in Europe). I think its mostly targeted at people with no check in luggage. People with same day travel arrangements home....so people bringing nothing more than a laptop bag. In Europe we had our own scanner separate from the other security so the queues well WAY less esp in Shipnol Amsterdam Airport where the queues to get scanned could be up to 30 mins. The thing i hated was the fact that the Iris scan wasn't the most reliable...it took a few tries to get it to recognize. Not sure id be happy with the US government getting all that info though. Ever seen Minority Report? I used to have it when traveling from Glasgow/London to Amsterdam (Its called Privium Pass in Europe). I think its mostly targeted at people with no check in luggage. People with same day travel arrangements home….so people bringing nothing more than a laptop bag. In Europe we had our own scanner separate from the other security so the queues well WAY less esp in Shipnol Amsterdam Airport where the queues to get scanned could be up to 30 mins.

The thing i hated was the fact that the Iris scan wasn’t the most reliable…it took a few tries to get it to recognize. Not sure id be happy with the US government getting all that info though. Ever seen Minority Report?

]]> By: eric l http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-64167 eric l Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:13:42 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/clear-through-security/#comment-64167 i looked into clear last year, ryan and i didn't subscribe. the idea of paying someone $100 / year to spy on me with my permission didn't make sense to my pea-sized brain. though i guess, hey, i pay AT&T $100 / month and they spy on me *without* my permission. what bugged me even more was that in the TOU you give Clear permission to collect more data on you than the TSA / DHS actually requires of them, and permission to do anything with that data they like, including market to you. when i pay people, i expect MORE privacy, not less. so i didn't join. now i live in a place where there's no clear at the airport anyway, so it doesn't matter. i looked into clear last year, ryan and i didn’t subscribe. the idea of paying someone $100 / year to spy on me with my permission didn’t make sense to my pea-sized brain. though i guess, hey, i pay AT&T $100 / month and they spy on me *without* my permission.

what bugged me even more was that in the TOU you give Clear permission to collect more data on you than the TSA / DHS actually requires of them, and permission to do anything with that data they like, including market to you.

when i pay people, i expect MORE privacy, not less. so i didn’t join. now i live in a place where there’s no clear at the airport anyway, so it doesn’t matter.

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