Security Profiteers

I've been meaning to blog about this since my Florida trip in December. I had a long wait at the Orlando airport and while I was wondering around I stumbled upon a little light-blue and white kiosk that looked as if it came straight out of apple. The name: clear. There was nobody there, but there were some pamphlets. The deal is that you pay this company $100 per year and you get to skip airport security. Bruce Schneier has already blogged about this one.

The current security measures at airports are ineffective at best. They do more to hassle passengers than prevent terrorist attacks and they are a waste of resources. The main problem with something like Clear is that it seems to be out there just to make profits from having a security checkpoint that is run the way they all should be.