I read the article, and I am not terrified. Sounds like someone social justice warrior looking for a problem that doesn’t exist?
Does she really believe she can get on a plane without the company and the government keeping a permanent record of that travel? The days of anonymous travel stopped decades ago - don’t want your face scanned? Than you better not get a passport or a drivers license - don’t want the government or even private business to know where you are going? Good luck with that one.
Me, neither. I am not all surprised by this. It may be a good way to weed out terrorists without worrying about the PC ramifications.
You want anonymous travel? Drive or ride. Don’t take a cell phone. Don’t take a vehicle equipped with On-Star or its equivalent. Don’t take any toll roads or major bridges or tunnels. Pay for everything with cash. Avoid cities, use rural roads and small towns with no traffic cameras. Then maybe, maybe you can travel anonymously. That would be for the average Joe. If for some reason someone is interested in you, well, then it is going to be even tougher to not be tracked.