TSA is quietly rolling out facial recognition
tech to 400 US airports in coming years...
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Posted By: mc squared, 1/31/2024 7:09:22 PM
Americans will soon be subjected to facial recognition screening in airports as a new program that is quietly rolling out the technology to 400 locations across the US. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is 'in the beginning stages of integrating automated facial recognition capability' to current systems that scan flyers' credentials but won't be fully operational until 2030 or 2040. The upgrade, which claims to capture 'minimum data' will match the traveler's face to their identification document, flight status and vetting status - and the facial recognition system is already used at 25 airports.
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Americans will soon be subjected to facial recognition screening in airports as a new program that is quietly rolling out the technology to 400 locations across the US.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is 'in the beginning stages of integrating automated facial recognition capability' to current systems that scan flyers' credentials but won't be fully operational until 2030 or 2040.
The upgrade, which claims to capture 'minimum data' will match the traveler's face to their identification document, flight status and vetting status - and the facial recognition system is already used at 25 airports.
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But even my jaw dropped when I heard about this judge's decision in Ventura County.
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of Killed Soldier and Misleads About Beau
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Senate members demanded it stop using facial recognition but this 3-letter agency is moving ahead. TSA guerillas monitoring our faces - what could go wrong?