A small blow against the surveillance society March 26, 2008
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Travel , trackbackBlimey, the Information Commissioner might be effective after all. The beeb is reporting that BAA have decided not to fingerprint everyone going through the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow when it opens tomorrow. At least until they’ve worked out how to harrass passengers legally.
It is amazing that with a brand new terminal, BAA decided not to keep domestic and international passengers separate, so that the possibility of coming in on an international flight and switching boarding passes with an accomplice to get onto a domestic flight didn’t even arise. And this isn’t even about ‘security’, just about the odd illegal immigrant. Is it really such an easy way to get into the country that it is worth hassling everyone? And shouldn’t they just recheck passports and boarding passes at the gates?
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That sure is a victory, and any gain in liberties is a win. It’s when they punish everyone to find the needle in the haystack is it repressive. Just like it’s getting over here in the USA. We all suffer and loose liberties to find the rotten apple, when it’s so much easier to filter them like you say.