Originally Posted by AArlington
Even with the Registered traveller program, the reg'd travellers still have to go through the WTMD and luggage scan x-ray. They just don't get the SSSSpecial treatment.
I've heard two different versions about the registered traveler program. In one, they get a "free pass" and the other is like you said: it guarantees they will not be selectees. We're not one of the test airports, so I don't know. If it's only the latter, then I really have no problem with it.
I'm against it on principle; but in practice -- the gov't already has so much on me giving an iris scan to EDS won't hurt too much. It may get me through the lines quicker...
True. And I respect your view about how much personal information we should give to the government. My biggest criticism against privacy advocates, though, is how they say almost nothing about how much personal information is given to non-government enterprises. The threat of identification theft is more likely from mailing lists and other seemingly innocent information collection "customer marketing" practices than from what is given to the government. To clarify, I do advocate keeping the government out of my personal affairs as much as practical, but let's not ignore what in my opinion is a greater danger resulting from everyday common marketing practices.