Originally Posted by
justhere
I believe he's just saying that by purchasing a ticket on line and printing the BP, the TSA knows who you are. That doesn't mean you will automatically get PreCheck. Security screening is a different layer than determining who you are.
Exactly. He says that before boarding passes can be printed at home, passengers names are checked against all terrorist data bases in the world. These are not full background checks where identities are verified by fingerprints, etc.