katzenberger 🇺🇦<p>A long, bitter summary of how <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/traveling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traveling</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> have become mutually exclusive:</p><p>»<a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/PNR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNR</span></a> records are sent by most commercial <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airlines</span></a> to the destination country some 48 to 72 hours before departure. […] the traveler’s <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/address" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>address</span></a>, cell <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> number, date of flight <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/booking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booking</span></a>, where the ticket was purchased, credit card and other <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payment</span></a> information, billing address, <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/baggage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baggage</span></a> information, frequent flyer information, general remarks related to the passenger, date of intended travel, complete travel <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/itinerary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itinerary</span></a>, names of accompanying travelers, travel agency information […]</p><p>[on face scanning:] “Everybody should be able to go out of his own country and into any country and come back without having to queue in line and being able to use only his <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/face" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>face</span></a>,” […]</p><p>[on "AI":] “They're kind of black boxes, so they will tell you that this person is potentially risky and this person kind of looks different, but how it makes this decision is kind of a mystery.” […]</p><p>[on gray surveillance:] the company’s “risk assessment capability enables a government to export its border to every single point on the globe where passengers can board flights, ships or trains bound for their territory.”«</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-black-box-of-predictive-travel-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/inside-the-bla</span><span class="invisible">ck-box-of-predictive-travel-surveillance/</span></a></p>