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SEC bought access to over a billion airline records to track travelers, no warrant required
www.techspot.com/news/113365-sec-bought-access-over-one-billion-airline-records.html
TechSpotSEC bought access to over a billion airline records to track travelers, no warrant requiredDocuments obtained by 404 Media through a Freedom of Information Act request show that the SEC subscribed to the Travel Intelligence Program, or TIP, operated by Airlines...
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
“The records contained passengers’ names, credit card numbers used to buy tickets, departure and arrival cities, flight dates and numbers, and the agency responsible for the sale.“
And it includes flights that are totally outside the US.
A good reason to not use your primary credit card as who knows who has access to this data. A debit card linked to a burner savings account is probably best.
Replying to @Greyghoster@aussie.zone
Aren’t banks subject to KYC rules?
Replying to @Techranger@infosec.pub
My worry is card theft. Using a a card with a low limit or a debit card on an account that doesn’t have much money in it seems the way to limit exposure. All the accounts are legitimate in your own name.
The whole idea that your data can be sold by a middleman or anyone also seems on the nose but that’s the way it is.