Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 27: People visit an Artificial Intelligence (AI) equipment experiencing ... [+] area during the 5th Popular Science Products Expo at Shanghai Exhibition Center on August 27, 2018 in Shanghai, China. The 5th Popular Science Products Expo is held on August 24-27 in Shanghai. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) You are standing in line waiting to board your regular afternoon flight home. You give your boarding pass to the check-in attendant and suddenly a light flashes on the board. The attendant says, “Sorry, we can’t allow you on this plane because you have a history of treatment for alcohol abuse which the airlines consider makes you a travel risk.” Or because a data link to the police department indicates you have multiple unpaid parking tickets. Or perhaps, you have a history of trying to visit websites the government has deemed troublesome or even dangerous, or because surveillance …