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Delta Air Lines hopes to speed passengers through airports with biometrics starting next week
The Points Guy ^ | 25 October 2021 | Scott Mayerowitz

Posted on 10/26/2021 10:05:02 PM PDT by blueplum

Delta Air Lines is testing new biometric technology that promises to speed you through the airport — or at the very least prevent you from repeatedly fumbling for your ID and boarding pass.

The new technology will roll out in Atlanta and Detroit as soon as Nov. 3.

It is only open to Delta SkyMiles members who have U.S. passports and are eligible for TSA PreCheck. They must first store their passport number in the Fly Delta app, and this new service is only open to those checking in via the app.

The biometric information is pulled from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection database of passport photos — hence the need for an American passport....

(Excerpt) Read more at thepointsguy.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; biometrics; bloggers; bp; delta; markofthebeast
Int'l travel to open Nov 3

how quickly will the other airlines copy?

1 posted on 10/26/2021 10:05:02 PM PDT by blueplum
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2 posted on 10/26/2021 10:09:08 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2 )
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To: blueplum

How long will the airports keep the information?


3 posted on 10/26/2021 10:09:18 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative ( )
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By “biometric” they mean facial recognition?

Not a fan - just more ways for them to track you in this dystopian nightmare we find ourselves in.

Isn’t it enough that I can just store the boarding pass on my phone via the SAME DELTA APP?!


4 posted on 10/26/2021 10:10:24 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: blueplum

bookmark


5 posted on 10/26/2021 10:20:58 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: blueplum

Flyin’ days are over for us. No need.


6 posted on 10/26/2021 10:26:26 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Flyin’ days are over for us. No need.

Why do people who "have no dog in the fight" always feel compelled to chime in and boast "we have no dog in the fight?"

Regards,

7 posted on 10/26/2021 11:22:23 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: blueplum; null and void

Daniel 7:23

Tracking, IMHO, will be big part of it.

Control and Track.


8 posted on 10/26/2021 11:55:58 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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Why do people who "have no dog in the fight" always feel compelled to chime in and boast "we have no dog in the fight?"

I'd debate this with you, but I have no dog in this fight.

9 posted on 10/27/2021 12:04:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: blueplum

An FBO (private airport operator) kept trying to force private pilots and passengers to go though its biometrics deal.

I just led my family directly to the hanger and took off (with tower permission).

Got a sternly worded email saying that was against their policy, so I promptly assured them I would either sue them or they needed to let me out of my lease and let me move my planes.

They let me move my planes.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 12:11:58 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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According to Roland Maiuro, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington, we tend to look at car accidents because “The accident provides a close encounter without yourself being directly involved being put at risk.”
Why are we so captivated by car crashes? - Jalopnik
jalopnik.com/why-are-we-so-captivated-by-car-crashes-5786783
jalopnik.com/why-are-we-so-captivated-by-car-crashes-5786783


11 posted on 10/27/2021 12:16:13 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: rktman

that’s too bad. I’m on a global quest to see as many countries as possible. Brandon be damned.


12 posted on 10/27/2021 1:38:54 AM PDT by airplaneguy
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According to Roland Maiuro, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington, we tend to look at car accidents because “The accident provides a close encounter without yourself being directly involved being put at risk.” Why are we so captivated by car crashes? - Jalopnik

Sorry, but I don't quite understand how that addresses my (albeit mild) complaint about people who "have no dog in the fight" nonetheless chiming in and boastfully and unnecessarily announcing that they "have no dog in the fight."

To me, this reflects a self-centered, smug, preening "I'm alright, Jack" attitude. It's unhelpful to the person with the problem, and it contributes nothing to the discussion.

Regards,

13 posted on 10/27/2021 2:04:53 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To me, this reflects a self-centered, smug, preening “I’m alright, Jack” attitude.
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When I hear people say that, I’m reminded of the famous words of a certain Lutheran pastor in Germany named Martin Niemöller. He is best known as the author of “First they came for the socialists...”


14 posted on 10/27/2021 2:20:07 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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Everyone has a dog in this fight. I can’t afford to fly but see this as the beginnings of acceptance to this privacy invading tech. We don’t get a cell signal at home or in most places here in hill country. I don’t need a cell phone but it seems like I may be forced to get one someday for some necessary app that works as a high tech ID.


15 posted on 10/27/2021 2:40:50 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: blueplum

Skynet is now active.


16 posted on 10/27/2021 4:59:10 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: rktman

I’m only flying AMF airlines.


17 posted on 10/27/2021 5:11:12 AM PDT by Old Yeller (You can’t obey your way out of tyranny.)
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To: alexander_busek

Stoopid human nature possibly?


18 posted on 10/27/2021 5:44:57 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: airplaneguy

Enjoy your quest!


19 posted on 10/27/2021 5:47:35 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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