Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

10/2/2003

Fly the Violated Skies

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,News and Current Events — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is in the early morning or 7:23 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waxing Gibbous

If you’ve ever flown on JetBlue, your privacy has probably been violated.

According to this article on WiredNews, JetBlue sold private information regarding passengers to a defense contractor, Torch Concepts. Of course, they won’t say what it’s for, exactlly, since it’s a “top secret government project”, but they sure didn’t notify anyone that it had been done. What’s more, they claim it has to do with security on military bases. How does private information of non-military personnel on a commercial airline have anything to do with anything on a military base?
Keep an eye on this one, folks. Something isn’t right here.

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