Flyclear: Fast-Track Your Way Through Airport Security
If you’ve had enough of removing much of your clothing in front of Homeland Security officers before stepping onto a flight, then the answer could lie in Flyclear. For $99.95 a year (plus a one-off TSA vetting fee of $28), you get a Clear card, a card with a biometric chip that will fast-track you…
Xerox Gets X-Ray Vision on the Web
As if there weren’t enough reasons for Web-related paranoia, Xerox just patented a technique to get a demographic lock on you—age, sex, and possibly income—by just looking at the sites you have visited. The patent explicitly describes the invention as a workaround for all of those pesky users who input incomplete, inaccurate or, God forbid,…
iPod Privacy Protector: No One Will Know What You Are Watching Save For The Bulge In Your Pants
First, an apology. I tried to think of other reasons why you might want to buy this privacy screen protector, apart from watching porn in public, but I failed. It’s adhesive and it costs $9.99 and, like I said, you can watch ladies licking other ladies (or whatever floats your boat) without worrying about being…