Re: Verified Identity Pass: CLEAR Suspended Following Laptop Theft

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

This is the part I like (via Wired's blog:)

"The laptop contained only a portion of the online enrollment records, which are stored on a separate server,
 according to Slibeck. Instead, it contained a subset that was used to verify people's identity when they came to the 
airport to have their iris or fingerprint scanned.

The kiosks communicate with the server but keeps a local copy of some of the data so that the kiosk can be taken 

--> to places such as a company's cafeteria <--

where there may not be a data connection, according to Slibeck."
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/registered-trav.html

Juha-Matti

> Verified Identity Pass, which operates under the brand name Clear, was
> suspended by the Transportation Security Administration Monday after a
> laptop containing personal information for 33,000 people signing up for
> their registered traveler program was stolen from San Francisco
> International Airport.
>
> http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6306342
 
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