British Airways Googling its Passengers

[alister]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/06/british_airways_to_google_image_search_passengers_privacy_invasion_or_good_service_.html

[jaxn]

I think this is a great idea, but Googling seems like such an inefficient method.

Using the email address to grab avatars from Gravatar, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter is a much better idea. Those customers have already publicly identified the picture and it would be much more efficient.

As a frequent flyer, the airlines often greet me by name in my seat, but that is because they have the seating roster.

[lelele]

“Since when has buying a flight ticket meant giving your airline permission to start hunting for information about you on the Internet?”

What a joke. If your information is over the Internet, e.g. it's public, what privacy are you talking about? People really don't understand.