Dare County, NC Tries to Evade Court Review of its Entry Controls
By Edward Hasbrouck Local government controls on travel to the Outer Banks (barrier-beach islands) of North Carolina remain in place, but local officials are making…
Edward Hasbrouck
World Economic Forum Ramps Up “Known Traveller Digital Identity”
By Edward Hasbrouck On March 26, 2020, the World Economic Forum published specifications and launched a new website for a project it has christened “Known…
The Nightmare of Airport Facial Recognition
By Edward Hasbrouck The ACLU has released an important white paper on airport facial recognition by ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley. Citing some of…
Drivers License Data Sold to Businesses, Given to Feds
By Edward Hasbrouck As we start the year of the once-a-decade US Census, it’s an appropriate time to start looking at some of the ways…
Airports of the Future: Surveillance by Design
By Edward Hasbrouck As we’ve seen in the ongoing debate over biometric identification of travelers at Sea-Tac Airport, and as we’ve seen before elsewhere, airlines…
Do I Need ID to Ride a Train?
By Edward Hasbrouck We’ve been trying for years to find out what the real story is with respect to ID requirements for travel by train,…
US Government Blacklisting System is Unconstitutional: Judge
By Edward Hasbrouck In an opinion issued late today in Alexandria, VA, US District Court Judge Anthony Trenga has upheld the complaint by 23 victims…
Smile, Travelers! You’re on Candid DHS Cameras.
By Edward Hasbrouck The Department of Homeland Security has posted the latest update to a series of Privacy Impact Assessments attempting to whitewash the invasions…