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As a former US govt employee whose entire personnel file got stolen earlier this year, I'm already screwed. They got my fingerprints already, plus a whole lot more including some pretty specific personal information: dates and places, family member names and birthdates, the works. Thank God I'd just fucking updated it about a few months earlier due to requirements.

Yeah, let me tell you: it does not feel good.

For bonus points, my son had his passport stolen a few months later. It never ends: tough breaks for a guy who basically tried to follow the rules. The government hasn't even had the cojones to officially notify me of the theft - I had to read about it on the BBC, same as the rest of you mopes.

I am however in favor of less tedious bullshit at airports. The TSA is so out of control these days I don't even want to fly anymore. The procedures you go through to ride a train leave you with at least a modicum of dignity.

New security idea: the plutonium anal probe: each passenger is fitted with an anal plug with a unique nuclear signature. Because violating you anally is about the only thing left for the airline "security" industry.