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Do you opt out of the facial scan at the airport? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For those of you who travel in the united states, you'll know they now have facial recognition scans when checking your id. You can opt out by telling them you don't want to take the picture. I do every time, but I wonder what the point of the scan is if you can just opt out. That given, why do you think they do it? What prevents them from forcing you to do it?

To those of you who live outside of the united states, have you seen a similar increase in security at your airports?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Yes I do!

They are working towards requiring it for all travelers.

Why: Think of this as a trial working towards full automation. They aren't there yet and are not probably legally allowed to do so, but the idea is that you can be fully tracked like the British, Chinese, and other biometric adopted countries.

Prevention: Reliability and legality. As I mentioned I don't think they can force it in the US for travel yet as it's not legally allowed, nor is biometrics entirely reliable as is apparent when facial recognition fails.