I was reading Clear's privacy policy and while they are fairly straightforward about what information (e.g. biometrics) they keep and how they keep it segregated, the one thing that stopped me was they they send my biometrics to the TSA and I don't know what the TSA does with it. For someone who has read Andrew Keen's "The Cult of the Amateur" and Naomi Wolf's "The End of America", this gives me pause.

In general, I think Brad's point is quite valid. While I would like to see a better system instituted at our airports, I can no longer trust my government to protect the rights and, importantly, the privacy of its citizens. I could give my information to Clear now based on their current policy but without a clearly stated national law on such personal information, it's hard to say what will happen in the future with the information collected. Getting to the front of the line just isn't worth the risk.

I'm gong to pass on Clear for now.