As long as it’s restricted to only comparing your live face to your photo on your id and determining if they match, this is perfectly fine. For a human to sit there and do this for hundreds and hundreds of passengers it’s fatiguing and highly error prone, with errors going up over time. A machine will do this near flawlessly without needing a break. Why are people freaking out over this ? The fact that you presented your photo id to the govt means the govt already knows who you are and that you are traveling from point A to point B. This is not the same as street cameras with facial recognition technology that identify you (without reason) and give your location to the govt.
People are freaking out because they perceive this as being on a slippery slope to being under surveillance 24/7.
I don’t know if this is a step in that direction but that is the reason people are concerned about it.
Nothing beats the discerning eye of an experienced Swiss Customs and Immigration officer. This whole thing is a ruse to populate their surveillance database so when they raise the Chinese flag over the White House all the necessary infrastructure will be in place.
Because data will never be thrown away. It may not be used, now, but it will be eventually.
Why do they need to know who you are to travel? IMO, it is none of their bleeping business, and there is NO reason to do this except to build a database and track everyone.
Is my ticket legitimate, is my luggage stored safely and been x rayed to see if there is a bomb? Now leave me be.