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Six Major US Airports Now Scan Americans' Faces When They Leave Country

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

Arthur T Knackerbracket has facescanned the following story:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @11:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @11:16AM (#538658)

    Another recent article on the same topic of face scanning at the USA border,
        https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608255/if-you-get-your-face-scanned-the-next-time-you-fly-heres-what-you-should-know/ [technologyreview.com]

    The article ends with this unsatisfying paragraph,

    No matter whose face is being scanned, though, we don’t know much about what happens to the information after CBP collects it at the gate and verifies a passenger’s identity, but DHS says that all data pertaining to the images is deleted within 14 days.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:34PM (#538733)

    of course they don't know what happens to it. the spies get it and it sits around on fucking windows computers operated by morons. what could go wrong?