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As a US Citizen with "western values" the CLEAR program was always suspicious for "slippery slope" reasons. Meanwhile, a wealthy South Asian man nearby who live
by mistrial9 3y ago
As a US Citizen with "western values" the CLEAR program was always suspicious for "slippery slope" reasons. Meanwhile, a wealthy South Asian man nearby who lives and does business completely in the USA, applied for and got CLEAR ID immediately when the program was made public, long ago. We speculated that since he is dark skinned with a foreign name, he was concerned about being singled out for security ? Post-911 was a bad time for the USA. The article here says in the fine print at the bottom that there may be little legal basis for a number of common TSA practices, but there is literally no choice. Combine that with scrupulous license plate readers and the "shoes off" ritual, it really does seem like an alternate social system.
- yieldcrv 3y agoYou still go through metal detectors with CLEAR and can still be singled out for additional security at that point? Its just a fast pass to the front of the line, like TSA Pre. I have both and I've sometimes waited for CLEAR kiosks/agents to open up, and got impatient and went to TSA Pre, and vice versa. edit: okay from the article it suggests at one point they did let you skip security completely with CLEAR.
- khuey 3y agoAs far as I know CLEAR has never allowed you to skip the actual security check.
- jen20 3y ago- TSA Precheck is a different process to “regular” security. It is not getting to the front of the line at all. - Clear does not allow you to bypass either regular security or TSA Precheck security, just to get to the front of the line.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> who lives and does business completely in the USA, applied for and got CLEAR ID immediately when the program was made public Are you mixing up Clear and Global Entry? Clear only expedites domestic flights [EDIT: departures]. And it never let you skip security, just get to the front of the line.
- jen20 3y agoI don’t think Clear distinguishes between domestic and international flights.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> don’t think Clear distinguishes between domestic and international flights Sorry, you’re correct. Clarified. Point is, someone ”who lives and does business completely in the USA” is Clear’s target market.
- jen20 3y agoThey’re the only market, give or take! You have to be a US resident or citizen to be able to use it.