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.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.com ...
“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.”
Every camera out there that uses WiFi are all hooked to central databases and are tracking you in real time. And these all have facial recognition capability. Phones, Smart TVs, Ring Cameras, Traffic Cameras, all Store Cameras... All of them...
The TSA needs to follow the Israeli model of airport security. They have never failed since its inception. “What is that mode?”, you might ask. Well, it is careful profiling. It doesn’t slow down or inconvenience process of boarding planes.
9/11 would not work today because the passengers and crew would fight back.
Precisely, we’re no longer that naive.
you don’t have to have your faced scanned at the TSA line. You can always politely refuse and the TSA employee must respect your wishes.
By the time passengers on flight 93 found out what happened on the other two planes, they were already doing that. There was a good chance that plane was headed for the White House or the capitol
I thought of Flight 93 on 9/11 as I was typing my post.
I remember not all that long ago, there was a Delta Air Lines flight enroute from Los Angeles to Atlanta.
The pilot came on the intercom and announced, “Will all able-bodied male passengers please come to the first class cabin.” Or words to that effect.
Apparently, a woman was going beserk and she needed to be subdued. She was, thanks to the men who responded to the pilot’s request.
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