It is, but I think that's a separate issue. There's no authorization, let alone a mandate, to prove identity to move about. The mission, ostensibly, is to make air travel safe by ensuring that passengers don't bring dangerous items onto the plane. It's not to track who is going where.

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kube-system 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> The mission, ostensibly, is to make air travel safe by ensuring that passengers don't bring dangerous items onto the plane.

No, it is to make it safe for any reason, which goes beyond whether or not they brought box cutters.

	▲	ibejoeb 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ok, I'll concede that. That boils down to someone bringing something on the plane that can be used to cause trouble.

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0xCMP 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I didn't personally experience it (I was too young), but I think that was part of "the mission" since pre-9/11. The point of the ID check is to make sure the boarding ticket and ID match.

In effect that tracks who is going where.