The “Break it Down” Blog

Fast-Pass Air Travel System ‘Clear’ Data Stolen, Not So Fast Anymore

“Clear” is a fast-pass-esque air-travel system run by a 3rd party company that allows passengers to pay $100/year to pre-register all their humanly personal information in exchange for what amounts to a “fast pass through security” card seen on the left. The only down-side is what happens when all that insane amount of personal information is [...]

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US Govt. Thinks Citizens Are a Constant Threat

The Washington Times is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressed “great interest” in a “safety bracelet” that all air-travelers would be forced to wear if implemented. This information was from a promotional video (Link Dead, they have removed the movie after all the attention it got) over at the Lamperd Less Lethal website. The [...]

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Video of Tasering Death

Grant Gochnauer dropped this in our inbox this morning; this it he private footage of the tasering death of a Russian citizen, Robert Dziekanski, by police recently that sparked a big controversy. If you watch the whole thing around, 6:40 is when the police show up and the interaction between then and Robert starts. To be [...]

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