Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
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Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
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Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#2Sure, be prepared for a cavity search and your name on a "he thinks he's a smart ass" list.
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#3Sure, be prepared for a cavity search and your name on a "he thinks he's a smart ass" list.
I'm sure that most of us that will opt-out of this type of thing are already on that particular list.
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#4Looks like a shortened version of https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/skip-surveillance-opti...
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#5They delete the photo after 12 hours, but probably not the measurements for recognition.
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#6Sure, be prepared for a cavity search and your name on a "he thinks he's a smart ass" list.
I'm sure that most of us that will opt-out of this type of thing are already on that particular list.
I opt for a pat-down every time. I doubt this will put me on any worse of a list.
Thanks for sharing OP!
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#7Am I the only one spooked by the fact that to opt out, you now need to have your passport with you? (and for _domestic travel_ no less)
Given that the facial databases contain your data regardless, and the amount of in-airport surveillance (in that you're not gonna avoid being observed and logged), It's more of a, "we're gonna make you present your papers regardless, pick your poison"
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#8It seems like the only effect of the opt-out option is to smooth over controversy. I wonder who went through the charade of pushing for the opt-out and treating it as a victory.
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#9They delete the photo after 12 hours, but probably not the measurements for recognition.
Be mindful that "delete" does not necessarily equate to "shred" [1]. There is no information available to determine if their use of "delete" means "set a Boolean flag that means 'deleted' to true" vs. "literally destroy the data so it can never be recovered" (the 'shred' [1] method).
Re: Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
#10They delete the photo after 12 hours, but probably not the measurements for recognition.
I wonder if an FOIA request could reveal what metrics/data are actually being stored?