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JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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madeofpalk wrote: post #73
Taniwha wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

wow a 97% success rate ... that means that 3% will be arrested for overstaying their visa on return .... The US is kind of unique in that it doesn't have immigration officers who stamp your passport when you leave ... so you have no proof that you have left ... it also means that there are no transit lounges in the US, you can't land in SFO from say Australia and get on a plane to London without passing through US cu…

> mean that people from Oz/NZ often prefer to travel to Europe the other way around rather than risking US travel I mean, going via the US is 6 hours longer compared to going via Asia. Sydney > Dubai > London is ~23 hours. Sydney > LA > New York is ~23 hours, and then another 6 to get to London.

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Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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Post by ben_w »

nilskidoo wrote: post #29
ben_w wrote: post #11

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> Does anyone seriously think the FAANG corporate boards will ever in their lives have to undergo this? Yes, me. All of them will already be used to being hounded by paparazzi, and it would be very human for them to mistake that for normal. Two of them (Facebook and Apple) already use face recognition in their products.

That is incredibly naive. Wealth is the only thing that guarantees anonymity.

Anonymity? They get their own Wikipedia pages and personalised conspiracy theories. Even “mere” multimillionaires like my first boss after graduating got that plus endless personal fan letters.

Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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Post by skohan »

ben_w wrote: post #15
purplezooey wrote: post #8

Ha. Seen your average US airport lately? Most look like a scene from the third world. Underfunded, dilapidated facilities coupled with cheapskate US carriers. Good luck with that.

Neither SFO nor JFK airport were as remotely dilapidated as Nairobi airport when I saw them.

JFK does seem quite dated when comparing to most European capitals, or large Asian hubs.

There are some high-standard modern terminals in the US too though.

Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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debaserab2 wrote: post #66
mch82 wrote: post #16

How much longer will we allow our freedoms to be eroded? People were flying without any photo ID until just a few years ago (except internationally). We’ve given up so much freedom & so much of what made air travel fun in exchange for so little. We need to stop letting people scare us into giving away our freedoms.

> We’ve given up so much freedom & so much of what made air travel fun I don't disagree that our freedoms are being eroded but what exactly was more fun about air travel 5 years ago that isn't still today?

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Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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Post by swarnie_ »

mch82 wrote: post #16

How much longer will we allow our freedoms to be eroded? People were flying without any photo ID until just a few years ago (except internationally). We’ve given up so much freedom & so much of what made air travel fun in exchange for so little. We need to stop letting people scare us into giving away our freedoms.

> People were flying without any photo ID until just a few years ago

And how well did that end up?

Remember "back in the good old days" when 30+ highjackings a year was normal?

Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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Post by ElliotH »

I tried this. It’s junk. So much slower than a boarding pass scan.

I’ve seen good setups for this like at the UK border. This is not the same.

Almost everyone got rejected and got looked at by staff, especially black people who the machine seemed incapable of recognizing. Children? No chance.

I get it, there are privacy concerns which should rank higher, but you don’t even need to pull them out here. This is just useless bad tech.

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Post by EliRivers »

swarnie_ wrote: post #85
mch82 wrote: post #16

How much longer will we allow our freedoms to be eroded? People were flying without any photo ID until just a few years ago (except internationally). We’ve given up so much freedom & so much of what made air travel fun in exchange for so little. We need to stop letting people scare us into giving away our freedoms.

> People were flying without any photo ID until just a few years ago And how well did that end up? Remember "back in the good old days" when 30+ highjackings a year was normal?

Would showing a photo ID have prevented those hijackings? I suspect not but I am ready to learn otherwise.

Re: JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of boarding passes

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Post by iancarroll »

hyeonwho4 wrote: post #34
martin_ wrote: post #18

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Interesting, how do you activate that flow? I landed at SFO last night and it prompted for me to insert my passport before it'd scan my face / take finger prints

Global Entry is a TSA program you can apply for. The TSA charges a fee of 100 USD and runs an in person interview. Edit: those under investigation, warrants, or charged with crimes are not elligible. Neither are those with passports from outside major US allies (India Colombia UK Germany Panama Singapore Korea Switzerland Taiwan Mexico Canada)

Global Entry is not a TSA program and it normally requires a physical travel document to use the GE kiosks. Curious that there is now a facial recognition-only kiosk.

Edit: looks like this in MIA? https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/global-e...

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