Is there even an option at the airport to refuse face scanning? I assume that signs you up for a one way trip to a cavity search.
TSA does it, Customs does it when entering the USA after a trip too.
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#12I particularly like the form at the bottom for collecting your email address and adding it to a big list.
EDIT: looks like it's gone now. Gonna count that as a win.
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#13I completely agree with this, but my banking apps, my broker, my health insurance, my simcard provider all already require my face for identification.
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#14Is there even an option at the airport to refuse face scanning? I assume that signs you up for a one way trip to a cavity search. TSA does it, Customs does it when entering the USA after a trip too.
There is a small sign in front of the facial scanner that says "Photo verification not required."
You can always say "I decline the photo verification", and they will check your license like back in the old days. This is what I have been doing for years now.
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1. What an odd analogy. Covid vaccination was a clear net positive. 2. When was the last time you needed to show a vaccine card for anything , much less buying groceries?
Honestly I lost mine, I think all I’ve got is a picture in my phone, and I don’t think it includes my booster shot.
I’ve never been asked for it since.
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I mean the analogy sounds about right, why downvoting?
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#17I just have obs with a video of mkbhd downloaded playing in a loop, whenever I am asked for age verification I just start the virtual camera, select it at the age verification website and it immediately passes it (most of the time). MKBHD was just the first person that I could come up with that records extremely high res video.
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#18If we're going to have self-censorship due to everything we say online tied to our real identity can we at least get some shiny buildings and high speed trains out of the deal too? I've been online since early 2000s internet and for all the soapboxing about freedom of speech over the years it seems a foregone conclusion that we'll get the same surveillance state as those other "less free" countries else without anything to show for it.
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#19Can we start a trend of wearing ski masks and other face coverings in public?
Sounds miserable in summer. Let's start a trend of removing cameras from public spaces instead.
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#20Is there even an option at the airport to refuse face scanning? I assume that signs you up for a one way trip to a cavity search. TSA does it, Customs does it when entering the USA after a trip too.
So far I’ve been fine politely declining. Haven’t been back to the US in a while though.