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Posted on 08/10/2025 1:22:53 PM PDT by aspasia
US lawmakers are trying to extend the use of facial recognition at airports, despite many airline passengers objecting to the practice.
US airports have used facial scanners since 2017, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) started trials of the tech in the hope it would improve security and speed boarding times. 250 airports currently use facial recognition.
According to a May 2025 report [PDF] by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), facial recognition at airports is accurate.
The report cites National Institute of Standards and Technology research that fewer than one percent of recognition attempts produced a false positive or false negative - considerably better than many biometric identifiers.
Despite that accuracy, and the chance to opt out of using facial recognition, many passengers don’t like it.
A July report [PDF] from the non-profit Algorithmic Justice League (AJL) found airport staff offered just one percent of travelers the chance to opt out.
Some of those who chose to opt out reported poor experiences.
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I remember the days when people were passengers, not cargo.
I just refuse to fly.
It makes coming back into the US a lot easier and faster, stand here, look here, thank you.
(I never even mind getting the occasional random, extra search, although it rarely happens to moi.)
I hear pols aren’t fans of kiss cams these days either.
But then, what if I become a serious dissident? I'll need to get really wily to skip out. They'll be after my retinas.
I don’t mind the occasional cavity search, what with the cost of dentists these days.
I have never allowed the face scan, but my wife recently was not offered the option and was scanned before talking with the Homeland officer.
She has been mad, ever since.
You mean back when we were citizens and not subjects? The bottlenecks have become a feature, and the unions won’t let go easily, if at all.
I’ve been finger printed, DNA registered, etc, etc. And facial recognition actually makes boarding easier for me, I don’t have an issue.
Coming off a cruise ship, home, is like 500% better than two years ago
I sympathize with your loss of anonymity but facial recognition now permeates our public areas not just airports. I was in Lowe’s last week and they have them at the check out area.
I’m not a fan of using biometrics for everything, it’s a digital ID, if compromised you can’t change it (unlike a credit card) - although inevitable for ID’ing somebody. I fly a lot. I just tell them, “no picture thanks”. Never had anyone give me a problem. Although there’s little difference between that and giving them a passport, it’s no faster or slower.
IMHO...9/11 was an anomaly, it succeeded because we were naive. It wouldn’t work today. I have little faith in TSA being actually effective. I had money stolen in a TSA line.
Passengers and politicians should go to China, it’s standard practice there, with no exception!
How’s this, everybody wear an Obama halloween mask, and if they try to make you take it off .. start screaming very loud “racist, racist”.
Back in April I had an extra search in Japan by a woman security agent. Very professional, but I’d opt for more of those given the choice!
Facial recognition for identification is here to stay and also not possible to avoid. If you have e a drivers license, they have your identity.
We need anal recognition software for govt officials because their faces keep morphing.
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