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posted by takyon on Thursday July 13 2017, @09:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the national-prison dept.

According to the Associated Press, which first reported[1] the plan on Wednesday, facial-scanning pilot programs are already underway at six American airports—Boston, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, New York City, and Washington DC. More are set to expand next year.

In a recent privacy assessment, DHS noted that the "only way for an individual to ensure he or she is not subject to collection of biometric information when traveling internationally is to refrain from traveling."

In recent years, facial recognition has become more common amongst federal and local law enforcement: a 2016 Georgetown study found that half of adult Americans are already in such biometric databases.

[1] The Associated Press article is reprinted at ABC News. Articles at hosted.ap.org can mysteriously break.

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  • (Score: 2) by Lagg on Thursday July 13 2017, @09:10AM

    by Lagg (105) on Thursday July 13 2017, @09:10AM (#538638) Homepage Journal

    "When you [land at] the airport, you are directed into two lines; there's a line for US citizens and green-card holders, and there's everyone else," he told Ars, noting that foreigners are already scanned when they land in the US. "We've determined that it's OK to treat Americans differently on entry, why is it not OK to treat them differently on exit?"

    Not that it's respectable reasoning.

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