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...on't?]]>May 5th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
the D is next to the image. it's more of spacing issue than typo]]>May 5th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/]]>May 5th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/"Feelin like a freak on a leash..."

Exactly!!! and everyone seem to be liking it. We're actually celebrating this - and calling for more implements of enslavement. That speak to some very sick underlying issues. Are the psychosocial blinders so tight that its difficult to see where all of this is headed?

Good citizen/ bad citizen... silent majority... snitch culture... where's the pride and honor again?]]>May 5th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/Lol it's the lyrics of a Korn song...I said that cause the card says Jon Davis -- also the name of the singer from Korn...]]>May 5th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 6th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
Except it isn't...]]>May 5th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
The "D" is there. There's a formatting issue. Not a typo.]]>May 5th 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/ont call it a typo]]>May 5th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
my thoughts exactly]]>May 5th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/I hope they can get some more negotiations going with popular airports.]]>May 5th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/spring02-papers/caps.htm
Once you have that card, you are free from random searches. Before you argue "but, people wont be able to get that card". Read the article.]]>May 5th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/TLDR.]]>May 5th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/As a government program, it costs 3X as much and achieves the opposite of what was expected.]]>May 5th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/ that just gets you down the premium line if on your airline/network

Not for me. I use my AA Platinum card even if I'm not flying American. Do it all the time.

> Often those lines are choked with high status flyers like you

This never happens to me. When I fly (which is about 3 flights a week) I never experience a wait in the "premium customer" line.

> Clear ... was brilliant

Glad it was good for you. It never came to my home airport, so it was useless to me.]]>May 5th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/This is a service for company travelers who cannot afford fractional jet ownership/a flight department of their own. IF your running late for a business trip, this is very nice service, I wouldn't be so blunt on analyzing them....]]>May 5th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/No one should have to pay hundreds for year for the "privilege" of not being treated like shit by government employees who aren't capable of actually preventing non-existent domestic terrorist attacks.

Besides, the lines in front of the security checkpoints would make much more tempting targets if numbers were all that mattered to you, due to the bottleneck they cause.]]>May 5th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/Its always good to see a company come back, however last time I read about these guys they had just tanked and their CEO had gone and run out on the company! If i'm not mistaken all their customers were left having paid for a product with no usage and/or refund... I may be wrong.]]>May 5th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/The company does a background check on you and this is considered "Reputable". Think of it as a security clearance. If you pass the screen, then there's no reason (in theory) for you to always go through security.
There was mention at one time of them using retinal scanners instead of a card or in addition to it for verification.]]>May 5th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/I would've thought that a card based system would be quite insecure, i.e. you lose your card?!
Here's more info on it:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/technology/iris/
]]>May 5th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
Same thing as the Nexus cards here in US/Canada.]]>May 5th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/Are you also saying the nexus card is free?
Also, if you already have Nexus card in the US, what's the point of bringing back this Clear card?]]>May 5th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
Actually, "Nexus Card" does involve an iris scan. But all it does is move you faster through the immigration line at the airport when moving between the US and Canada.

The Nexus card does not move you any faster through security, which is what the Clear card is intended to do.

As a guy who takes about 80 flights a year, I can say from experience that the longest wait is the one in the security line. But all you need is a "preferred passenger" card from any airline and you can cut to the front of that line. At least that's how it works in all of the US airports I fly in and out of.]]>May 5th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
Oh, and no the Nexus card is not free. It's $50, it involves a background check and an interview with the immigration folks at the airport. And it will only help you when traveling between Canada and the US. It provides no value when traveling within the boundaries of the US (or any other country.)

When flying from Canada to the US (at least from Calgary) you clear US immigration inside the Canadian airport. Then you get dumped into the security line. So speeding through immigration with your Nexus card still dumps you into the traffic jam at the security scan.]]>May 5th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/So you swipe your card, it looks up what your retinal scan should look like, you put your eye in the scanning area and it scans to see if it matches. Nobody can just swipe the card and walk through or anything like that. I just wish it wasn't limited to so few airports, which makes paying that fee a lot harder to justify if it's only occasionally saving you time.
And they really should integrate this stuff with Nexus/Sentry/Global Entry, etc. so that you don't have to undergo a bajillion different background checks. Maybe a discount for people with both or something. ]]>May 5th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/> It'd be pretty insanely slow and impractical to attempt to match your retinal scan on the fly against ever single person in the database since that'd take forever and it'd be pretty terrible security if it let random people through just because their retina had a similar pattern as someone in the database.

Um, I'm guessing that you didn't read the rest of the thread that you replied to, but that's EXACTLY what happens at Heathrow, Gatwick and a couple other airports in the UK. It actually scans your iris (hence the name of it being called IRIS) rather than your retina though.
The "insanely slow" time it takes to compare my eyes against the rest of the database is usually on the order of 2-3 seconds, perhaps faster. I imagine it "fails safe" as well, rather than letting people through if it can't find their scan, which I've seen happen.
Therefore, I ask again, why the heck do you need the card? Perhaps the US security guys need an upgrade of hardware or someone to wake them up to more convenient technologies?]]>May 5th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/So just because you have some money, you should be allowed to side-step security procedures at airports?
Screw that. ]]>May 5th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/May 5th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/clear-security-lanes-storming-back-to-airports-principled-trave/
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