Episode 36 • • 46:49 - 50:03
36: Yahoo+Microsoft=Britney Spears
US Exit Controls and Machine Readable Passports
New US travel regulations require machine-readable passports and the submission of passenger data prior to international flights. These measures are compared to the exit controls used in the Soviet Union to prevent citizens from leaving without government permission. As of June 21, anonymous domestic air travel in the US has effectively ended due to strict ID requirements.