No fly list... are you on it?

This web page uses the same algorithm as the feds listing system... check for your name... or you on it?

clipped from nofly.s3.com According to published reports in the Washington Post and elsewhere, the federal government is using an algorithmic software product known as Soundex to search databases for potential terrorists. Developed in 1918, Soundex removes vowels from names and applies numerical values to remaining consonants. Names are matched according to those resulting numerical values.