At 03:54 PM 10/22/2001 -0400, Peter Capelli wrote:
I'm assuming that it's only voluntary to the airlines, and not the passengers ...
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64966,00.html
.. and a companion article says that some hotel chains are prepared to do pre-screening for their customers, too, and have responded to FBI requests for information after 9/11. In particular, Hilton Hotels, which also owns the Hampton Inn, Doubletree, and Embassy Suites chains, as well as the Waldorf-Astoria in NY and Palmer House in Chicago, says that they've already got the technology in place and that it would be easy for them to incorporate the necessary configuration changes. The CIO of Hilton is says the only obstacle would be "privacy-related issues", which are likely to be no issue at all if customers don't know it's happening or don't get an opportunity to object. See http://www.computerworld.com/itresources/rcstory/0,4167,STO64968_KEY51,00.ht... for more. -- Greg Broiles gbroiles@well.com "We have found and closed the thing you watch us with." -- New Delhi street kids