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Change Your Name and Avoid the TSA Watchlist

2008-09-15 13:25:21 by schneier in Schneier on Security

Shhhh. Don't tell the terrorists:

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wrote a letter to Labbé in 2004, saying he had been placed on their watch list after falling victim to identity theft. At the time, the department said there was no way for his name to be removed.
Although Labbé wrote letters to the U.S. department, his efforts were in vain, prompting him to legally change his name.

"So now, my official name is François Mario Labbé," he said.

"Then you have to change everything: driver's license, social insurance, medicare, credit card -- everything."

Although it's not a big change from Mario Labbé, he said it's been enough to foil the U.S. customs computers.