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A conversation between a passenger and an airline has gone viral, largely because people find it intensely creepy.
MacKenzie Fegan went to the airport last week. As with normal flights, she was expecting at some point to present her boarding card in order to get on her plane. However, she found all she had to do was look at a camera, and at no point was asked for her pass.
As convenient as that sounds, she had questions, which she put to the airline, JetBlue, in a now-viral thread.
I just boarded an international @JetBlue flight. Instead of scanning my boarding pass or handing over my passport, I looked into a camera before being allowed down the jet bridge. Did facial recognition replace boarding passes, unbeknownst to me? Did I consent to this?
— MacKenzie Fegan (@mackenzief) April 17, 2019Fegan had several pressing follow-up questions, such as "how" and "who exactly has my face on record?".
"Presumably these facial recognition scanners are matching my image to something in order to verify my identity," she wrote. "How does JetBlue know what I look like?"
So how concerned should we be that companies like JetBlue have access to this data?
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 23 2019, @05:26PM (7 children)
The scanner is just looking for the combination of beard + scowl, so they can spot the Muslims before they cause any trouble.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday April 23 2019, @05:31PM (6 children)
I bet they have never considered the possibility that one of the
MuslimsTerrorists might be white, attractive, male and polite. No way that could ever happen.And that terrorist would never be a regular FoxNews viewer and conspiracy whack job follower. No way they could rent a truck to park in front of a Federal building or something similar.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday April 23 2019, @05:50PM (2 children)
I was thinking about the same incident when I read the OP.
For those who didn't get it, or want to learn some facts that didn't make it into the official report try watching "A Noble Lie" [imdb.com],
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 23 2019, @09:36PM (1 child)
That was 1995... one incident 24 years ago. There were 24 incidents of Moslem terrorism in the past month even if you don't include Notre Dame.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 24 2019, @12:06AM
I am going to call BS on this one. 24? Got a list there of those events skippy?
(Score: 2) by Alfred on Tuesday April 23 2019, @06:12PM
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 23 2019, @09:33PM (1 child)
It's called "statistics". When 99% of terrorists are Muslim, you look for Muslims and you're 99% likely to find a terrorist.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 23 2019, @11:03PM
Not in the US you don't, you look for pissed off white dudes.
Sorry, what I meant is you SHOULD look for pissed of white dudes. You racist dummies only seem to get kids with science projects, but its ok cause THEY LOOK MUSLIM!