Airlines Told to Cough Up Data
While our brilliant Congress Critters are running around like headless chickens to decry "video voyeurism" (for which we already have adequate laws in most cases), the real privacy violations are completely beyond their comprehension. Perhaps someday they will give more than lip service to privacy issues.
The Department of Homeland Security is looking for some live data to feed its new Secure Flight watch-list system, so it will order airlines to fork over a months' worth of passenger itineraries. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News]