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The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports (www.theverge.com)
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[–] oohgodyeah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You have the right to decline.

Edit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/tsa-airport-security-facial-recognition/

A TSA spokesman told me that if you say no, it won’t take you longer to clear airport security, and you won’t be subject to extra screening.

[–] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I was very caught off guard and they didn't advertise that as an option.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

When I flew out of DSM they had a sign right before the agent informing us of the facial recognition and it was fairly small where it said you could decline. I actually did decline, but I think the majority of people did it just because that's what the agent told them to do. They didn't question it at all.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

do you? I was coming back to the states from another country, and I walked up to the booth and the border agent said "Hi, name" (using my first name) before I handed them my passport. There was no opting out of that one.