[laundermaf]

Isn't PreCheck supposed to lessen that a bit?

I don't think "security" is going to be lessened in our lifetime, if anything it can only get worse. Disrupting the space would take an insane amount of money you don't have. People who have money, can fly private.

[panick21_]

Everybody getting PreCheck and all those other features is basically lessening security, but only if you pay.

[ceejayoz]

It’s not lessening security.

[mlindner]

It's certainly lessening privacy at the very least. Government sanctioned spying in exchange for saving a few minutes.

[jaywalk]

It's really not. You just provide some info that the government already has along with your fingerprints, they do a quick background check, and you're done. Whether you have PreCheck or not, the government knows what flights you've taken because the airlines have to submit their passenger lists. $85 for 5 years of less hassle at security is worth it for anyone who flies even once every 1-2 years.

[unsupp0rted]

I'd happily part with the $85 or whatever nominal amount, but I almost never fly through the USA.

[ceejayoz]

The information you provide as part of PreCheck is all stuff the US government already likely posesses on you.

[panick21_]

Its lessening security theater if I understand the process correctly. I'm not American.