Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
You are making the assumption that the TSA/DHS would simply get a credit score from a third party rather than accessing your credit card history directly. That would be one way of doing this, and I agree that it might not be too invasive.
No, I'm saying we MAKE them do this. I'm not assuming anything. I don't think they could tell anything from a regular credit score. Even someone with no credit history has a credit store - and it can be higher than someone with really bad credit. Really bad credit doesn't make you a threat. I think they need to be required to construct an algorithm that, in the same way that a credit score uses your credit file to give a numerical representation of your credit risk, gives a score that can be used to determine if you can just waltz through the metal detector or if you are going to need to be looked at more closely.