3 posts and columns on Verified Identity Pass

Steve Brill’s Clear Card Gets Grounded

in Media on June 22, 2009 at 8:38 pm PT

A system to speed elite travelers through airports shuts down after four years and $116 million. Its failure will rub some shine off a couple of well-known media types: The entrepreneur behind Court TV and some of the primary investors behind Twitter.
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Silicon Alley vs. Silicon Valley

in News on June 3, 2009 at 8:01 am PT

Silicon Valley may be the place to be for Internet startups, but New York is the birthplace of cool, an attribute that comes in handy for launching some tech companies.

No Worries, Just Add All 33,000 to the Do-Not-Fly List …

in News on August 6, 2008 at 1:00 am PT

Verified Identity Pass’s Clear registered traveler program requires members to submit to in-depth background checks, provide the company with their drivers’ licenses and passport numbers, and get hand and/or retina scans. Those who do are given speedier passage through airport security lines. Given such robust security precautions, it’s ironic that a laptop containing the personal information of 33,000 Clear customers went missing for a week.