Posted on 02/19/2024 2:13:22 PM PST by daniel1212
Biometrics are transforming the way we travel. The technology, which identifies travelers using unique physical traits like fingerprints and faces, is becoming more common at airports in the United States. As a result, time-consuming rituals that once required repeated ID checks — such as bag dropping, security screening and boarding — are getting easier and faster.
Some experts believe that this will be the year that biometric use, primarily facial recognition, becomes standard at many airports. The technology offers several advantages: enhanced security, quicker processing of passengers and a more convenient airport experience. It also raises concerns about privacy, ethics and the possibility of broader surveillance.
T.S.A. checkpoints at dozens of airports across the country, from Denver to Miami, look different than they did only a few years ago.
The agency is using technology that takes a photo of a traveler and swiftly matches it to a scan of their ID. This process will expand to around 400 more airports in the coming years, though it remains optional; travelers can still go through security the old-fashioned way if they prefer.
...T.S.A. has also developed programs with some airlines to enable PreCheck travelers, who are approved for expedited screenings at more than 200 airports, to check bags and even pass through security checkpoints by just showing their faces, no ID scan.. Airlines say these changes can save substantial time and make a noticeable difference in moving passengers through the airport.
Travelers will also have their identities confirmed by facial recognition when they are entering or leaving the United States. The government’s biometric entry system is fully operational, and the system to identify departing travelers using facial recognition is now in place at nearly 50 airports. It is set to be installed at every airport with international departures by 2026.
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You’ll walk into a lot of walls…
Went thought this at DFW a few days ago. Scan at gate.
I expect company (private) and public cameras will disappear, as crime by government increases.
Because the government wants to lie and tell its “story” (”the narrative”).
The problem for government that lies, is that, as its crimes increase, more of its members see THE GOVERNMENT is obviously the criminal.
Government can lie and hurt many millions of people, but government cannot completely stamp out:
Truth
Nor, stamp out the birth of people who are born with:
The truth gene. That leads to a tree of liberty.
Highest Authority wrote: “Question: In the last 10 years, how many terrorists have been caught by the TSA at airports? A total waste of money for data mining!”
That isn’t a good metric for a successful system. One could easily argue that only proves how successful this system is since it has deterred terrorists from even attempting to board an aircraft.
When this get cheap enough, we can use it for voter ID.
At that point, the dems will tell us that black people disproportionately don’t have faces.
I think they are already using it at cruise ports. Returning from a cruise, no longer need to go through immigration to show proof of US citizenship.
Yes, my wife and I came through New York cruise port after being in the Caribbean for 2 weeks we had our bags rolled along never had to stop never broke our stride big picture showed our faces and we were allowed to keep moving. Kind of neat in a way. Kind of scary in a way.
I am not concerned. I have been finger printed dozens of times for back ground and security checks in my line of work. Nearly all of us are on file with the DMV or State Department. What pisses me off is the illegals just walking around without a care.
And how many people are foolish enough to willingly give the government, sorry, genetic testing companies like 23 and Me, a DNA sample they can plant anywhere.
‘Rapture Movies’ -——?
I just finished the 3 movie set of the
‘Left Behind’ series and I’m curious if it
Left anybody Else flat like me?
For me it was Heathrow, in London last year. Wanted to turn around and come home, immediately. After a week there, I wished I had. England made my skin crawl. A distinct 1984 feel to it, with mostly foreign speaking brown people everywhere.
So what is the problem they are trying to solve?
I have a paid ticket, for one paid seat.
Take me to my destination.
Oh, I may be a terrorist, I guess, on the watch list.
Yeah, that watch list, the one that puts you at the front of the line at the border.
Taxi drivers don’t do facial on me (yet, I think).
I don’t think they have facial cameras at the state borders on the freeways (yet).
Why do they need to ID travellers, anyway? So they know exactly who went exactly where exactly when? Why?
/r (/rant)
“dangerous beauty of surveillance”
Well said, I gotta remember that one. 👍
I go back and forth to SE fairly often if it makes getting to the gate sooner, I’m fine with it.
I figure by this time they have hundreds of photos of me anyway so a few more isn’t going to change anything...
Minority Report, Tom Cruise.
From the ACLU lawsuit article in 2018....
“Our test used Rekognition to compare images of members of Congress with a database of mugshots. The results included 28 incorrect matches. The false matches were disproportionately of people of color, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus, among them civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.).”
Jul 26, 2018
Thanks.
Can you help me find a link to document this big failure.
My little Chromebook is not able to find a link.
Thanks
Dave
Here are some. Hope it helps. (From 25,000 mug shots.)
Amazon’s facial recognition matched 28 members of ...
The Verge
https://www.theverge.com › amazon-rekognition-aclu-m...
test of facial recognition members of congress from www.theverge.com
Jul 26, 2018 — Researchers used Amazon’s open Rekognition API to check the faces of all 535 members of congress against 25000 public mugshots.
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Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members ....
American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org › news › privacy-technology › ama..
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The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com › 2018/07/26 › technology › a..
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Thanks.
I will keep a copy of what you sent, just in case.
No worries we drove from FL to Dallas TX instead of flying. On our way back to FL as I type.
They’ve been using this on cruise ships for a few years already.
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