] CAPPS II will collect data and rate each passenger's risk
] potential according to a three-color system: green,
] yellow, red. When travelers check in, their names will be
] punched into the system and their boarding passes
] encrypted with the ranking. TSA screeners will check the
] passes at checkpoints.
]
]
] The vast majority of passengers will be rated green and
] won't be subjected to anything more than normal checks,
] while yellow will get extra screening and red won't fly.

Thrynn wrote:
] So are you more likely a terrorist if you have a small bank
] account with lots of NFS's or if you have millions of dollars
] and large transactions? More dangerously "Unlike the current
] system, in which data stays with the airlines' reservation
] systems, the new setup will be managed by TSA. Only government
] officials with proper security clearance will be able to use
] it.". This means if you keep getting flagged as a problem, you
] cannot review the information and make corrections.
] Disturbing.

What's really disturbing is that a government security clearance doesn't necessarily mean anything. I have one.. besides the DoD interviewing all my friends and family, it didn't take much to get it. So the truly worrisome thing here is that who knows what kind of people have access to your personal information? That's what concerns me. Also, why is it that all of the sudden, a person's credit history is being taken into account (no pun intended) for so many non-related transactions? Like plane trips and car insurance rates?

So are you more likely a terrorist if you have a small bank account with lots of NFS's or if you have millions of dollars and large transactions? More dangerously "Unlike the current system, in which data stays with the airlines' reservation systems, the new setup will be managed by TSA. Only government officials with proper security clearance will be able to use it.". This means if you keep getting flagged as a problem, you cannot review the information and make corrections. Disturbing.