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The new report, which was released Thursday, comes on the heels of a related 2016 report showing that half of Americans’ faces are already in a facial recognition database.
“As currently envisioned, the program represents a serious escalation of biometric scanning of Americans, and there are no codified rules that constrain it,” the report concludes.
In July 2017, Ars reported that facial-scanning pilot programs are already underway in international departure airports 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 issued one month earlier, 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.”
“We’re wondering if this is the best use of a billion dollars?” [Laura Moy, a Georgetown law professor and one of the report's authors] said. “We’ve done the research and we think the answer to that question is ‘no.’”
“When American citizens travel by air, they should not have to choose between privacy and security,” he said. “The implementation of DHS facial scanning program for US citizens leaving the country raises a number of questions.”
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday March 21 2018, @02:20AM (3 children)
A person with true dignity can stand naked in a crowd and not lose his dignity. EdIII doesn't tell us how he normally dresses. He has stated that he will wear a specific outfit into court, for the purpose of making a statement. Wearing a costume as a form of protest does seem somewhat dignified, actually.
(At this point, half the readers of this site are thinking "Well, yes, I can stand naked in a crowd, and maintain my dignity!". To which I say, "Demonstrate, please.")
(Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:36AM
This person with true dignity can also be subject to the law, which makes him a filthy sex offender.
I didn't decide to wear clothes. Society forced me :)
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:48AM (1 child)
And you wonder why Azuma teases you about latent homosexual fantasies......
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday March 21 2018, @01:34PM
So, uhhhhh - lemme get this straight. Any person who has ever been naked in the company of multiple people, or either gender, or even both genders, is a homosexual? And, what's more, if you were in a public place, and someone snatched your clothes off of you, you would become homosexual? Or - say maybe you and your special other were skinny-dipping, and a crowd of rowdy young men came to watch, both you AND your special other would become homosexuals?
By those standards, I was a homo from day one. I came into this world naked, because I was too damned poor to buy a diaper on the way in. I arrived with several nurses, a doctor, and even my MOTHER present! GAY!!!