news.bbc.co.uk — Electronically tagging passengers at airports could help the fight against terrorism, scientists have said. The prototype technology is to be tested at an airport in Hungary, and could, if successful, become a reality "in two years". Yet another invasion of privacy...?
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vintzOct 12, 2006Submitter
They have introduced biometric passports and x-ray scanning. Now they want to 'tag' passengers. This is one step too far. Body scanning is invasive enough. How lon until tagging is part of day-to-day life?
vintzOct 12, 2006Submitter
I use WTF instead of WHAT THE f**k all the time. Not to menton the limitations to the length of a title... "intelligent" I tought WTF was a great way to save space. Don't you agree?
tolzakOct 12, 2006
Sometimes I wonder if people read beyond the headline. This isn't a bad idea. Individuals won't be tagged. You'll simply carry a card with you that can be tracked while you're in the terminal. This is a good way to ensure individuals don't enter restricted areas. It's also a good way to reconstruct a crime post-incident.
entropymanOct 13, 2006
"This is a good way to ensure individuals don't enter restricted areas"If you want to protect restricted areas, using RFID cards in passenger ticket pouches to trigger alarms is patently insane. Can you guess why?
Closed AccountOct 14, 2006
boycott such airports and airlines.
tolzakOct 23, 2006
I'm not saying that the current implementation is perfect. In fact, the designers are raising many of the same concerns about practical use. What I am saying is that a system like this--with the process bugs worked out--is a good way to protect track movement in a high risk area. And if you're not doing anything illegal or strange, why do you care if airport security knows where you are?