Big change for some Clear users: TSA will soon require you to show ID

Re:Big change for some Clear users: TSA will soon require yo... by zippergz on Saturday July 22, 2023 @03:47PM (#36829181)

As a long time CLEAR user, I don't find this to be a very "big change." They've intermittently asked to see ID in the past. It adds maybe 10 seconds to the transaction. Not showing ID is not the primary value. It's skipping the line. At busy times in busy airports, CLEAR + PreCheck is much faster than PreCheck alone. An ID check is not going to change that.

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Re:Big change for some Clear users: TSA will soon require yo... by vrosas on Saturday July 22, 2023 @03:51PM (#36829211)

I was randomly ID checked with Clear this morning in fact. You just hand them your license, they scan it and hand it back. Nbd

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Re:Big change for some Clear users: TSA will soon require yo... by salawat on Saturday July 22, 2023 @09:07PM (#36831613)

So... Let me get this straight.

You handed over biometric information with the express purpose of getting out of the security theater; they have your info, they are now reapplying the security theater you originally made the (poor, in my estimation, for the reason being we'd end up at circumstances necessitating this convo anyway) decision to hand over your biometric info for, and you aren't getting bent out of shape?

I'd be livid, personally.

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Re:Big change for some Clear users: TSA will soon require yo... by throwaway81348 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @01:55PM (#36837855)

You handed over biometrics to skip the line. Nothing more

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