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Airport is about the only places that I have no problem with being Facial Recognition as long as the data is correctly handled because it contributes to the safety of so many parties.
Very click-baity. Below the only part that actually relates to the title: The announcement came as we began to board. Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. As a privacy-conscious person, I was uncomfortable boarding this…
Very click-baity. Below the only part that actually relates to the title: The announcement came as we began to board. Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. As a privacy-conscious person, I was uncomfortable boarding this…
Opting out could risk holding up the boarding process, possibly missing the flight, unpleasant treatment by security and being pitted against the other passengers - all of it to opt out of something is clearly a dark pattern.
All of this is very well understood by the people who designed this system.
Articles like that and some of the comments in this thread at least give me an idea what opting out would take.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In particular, they did not say what was "not easy" about it. Where there delayed significantly?
She just had to walk around a bit, presumably because the people at the gate weren't familiar with what to do when someone wants to opt-out. I guess that qualifies as "not easy", because it's a meaningless statement that can be justified by the slightest inconvenience.
There's quite a few CCTV cameras in airports. They've most likely (definitely) got some sort of facial recognition software connected to them.
How does the facial recognition system work? I'm thinking that biometric passports contain the necessary data and that the airline has already got then by scanning the passport at some point so that it quick and easy to use facial recognition at boarding time.
If so, it's pointless to request to opt out while boarding, really.
In any case, there is no anonymity in air travel (this is really more about anonymity than privacy). You are identified and tracked from the moment you buy your ticket until you leave the airport.
Facial recognition is a new technology that people need to adapt and be confident with. It will take some time then no-one will pay attention anymore.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In particular, they did not say what was "not easy" about it. Where there delayed significantly?
She just had to walk around a bit, presumably because the people at the gate weren't familiar with what to do when someone wants to opt-out. I guess that qualifies as "not easy", because it's a meaningless statement that can be justified by the slightest inconvenience.
Very click-baity. Below the only part that actually relates to the title: The announcement came as we began to board. Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. As a privacy-conscious person, I was uncomfortable boarding this…
Very click-baity. Below the only part that actually relates to the title: The announcement came as we began to board. Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. As a privacy-conscious person, I was uncomfortable boarding this…
Going against implicit expectations of others and being the only one who does something is maybe the hardest thing humans can do. Opting out could risk holding up the boarding process, possibly missing the flight, unpleasant treatment by security and being pitted against the other passengers - all of it to opt out of something is clearly a dark pattern. All of this is very well understood by the people who designed t…