DOT proposes 'voluntary' prescreening of passengers
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 Pete Capelli pcapelli@nsec.net http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Interesting that they included mention of SouthWest airline in this -- since SouthWest uses ObjectStore ODBMS, a pretty modern database. As does at least one other airline, IIRCC. I wonder if this is simply about the fedzis attempting to push them all into using Oracle? Which would be a real neat mess to watch. -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS CyberShamanix Work 920-203-9633 Home 920-233-5820 hseaver@cybershamanix.com http://www.cybershamanix.com/resume.html
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.html> for more. -- Greg Broiles gbroiles@well.com "We have found and closed the thing you watch us with." -- New Delhi street kids
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