Who knows for sure anymore. Because of the "Anti-Terrorism" bill, it is required that security be beafed up. When they scan the ID, it is to check against their records that you are who you say you are. . .so they say. In actuality, they are tracing movements of people, so if the shit comes down, they will know where everyone is, no matter where you flew to. Even with trains, all's it will take is one bomb and you better believe security will be pumped up as high as it is with airlines. Who knows anymore, there's so much going on at every spectrum of this globe that the probability of keeping up with a minor fraction is hard enough. The gov't control's all major transportation routes, which control's movement and where everyone is at all times. Soon, there will be no where to run to. ---X <xasper8d@lobo.net> wrote:

Does anyone know what the airlines do with the info they collect off

Are they just noting whether the names match, or is it more sinister?

When I was below legal drinking age (21 in my state) I would drive up to the window (how barbaric! liquor sales to guys in cars!) and give the sub-moronic guy my REAL ID under the assumption that: he expects it to say something that proves I am over age, or else why would I be handing it to him? [nicely enough, this shifts all of the risk of the transaction to him, should it go wrong.]

Similarly, if you booked a flight under the name Nevah Umind, when you hand over a piece of ID, they look to see it says Nevah Umind (unless, of course, your name happens to be Nevah Umind) and that's all they want, right?

And if we all booked flights under the same name, then wouldn't that

the ID? throw

'em WAY off? Pick a name, DON'T scan your license in, DON'T edit it, DON'T laminate it, and (for pete's sake!) DON'T use that name. Their querying will tell them, "I have a match, he's okay" (These are not the droids you are looking for, eh!) and away you go!

X

~> -----Original Message----- ~> From: owner-cypherpunks@minder.net ~> [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@minder.net]On Behalf Of Joel O'Connor ~> I traveled by train all the way to Florida from Rhode Island once. 24 ~> hours straight it took man and I swore I would never do it again. ~> 40-50 people per car and basically one bathroom per car. Come morning ~> time man, the lines for the bathrooms stretched out of the cars. ~> Screw that, I could have flown and made it in 3 hours. Plus it's ~> easier for the gov't to stop trains and search them, I'd rather go ~> with the flight. ~>

== Ogre bounces like sonar. . .Peace. Ogre _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com