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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, @07:26PM (2 children)
I've never tried to do anything that would result in restricting freedoms of anyone, yet many times I would like to remain anonymous. Just because someone desires privacy does not mean they are up to no good.
Running over the rights of free people in order to catch a very small number of "bad people" is just dumb. Can we create a magic clue-stick that beats people over the head when they say stupid shit like "if you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to fear". Cause that logic works out so well for the unarmed innocent citizens that have been murdered by police, thrown in jail, banned from flying, etc. etc. etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @09:06PM (1 child)
If you've got nothing to fear, you've got nothing to hide.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @10:38PM
You're probably not a jew, roma, homosexual, sexually active outside of wedlock, foreigner/gaijin, political dissident, member of the minority party, female in a repressive culture, cis white male in america....
Oh, shit, at least one of those probably covers you, doesn't it?