Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by jandrese on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:35PM
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You definitely got put on the "probable drug smuggler" list. Luckily you seem to have fallen off of that list but if you went back to your old behavior I'm sure you could find your way back on it.
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by sneak on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:51AM
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It’s not okay to assume someone is breaking the law and treat them like a criminal and force them
to incur thousands of dollars of additional expense simply because they invoked their human rights.
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by whatamidoingyo on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:50PM
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Their username, "sneak", explains it all.
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by sneak on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:48PM
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You’d think that someone smuggling drugs would not tell the customs agents “none of your business” when asked where they are going. I did.
Or, when searched a dozen times, would have drugs. I didn’t.
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by cobythedog on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:59PM
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What does it mean to be "digitally penetrated"? I'm not familiar with that.
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by hprotagonist on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:14PM
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read digit as “finger” not “numerical representation form”; it means that a customs agent stuck their fingers in one or more bodily orifices.
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by dontbenebby on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:39PM
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In English digit comes from the latin word for finger (digitus)
Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
by cobythedog on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:37PM
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Thanks - I am a native English speaker and I am aware of the origin of the root word. @hprotagonist addresses my confusion.
They'd sometimes simply intimidate me, sometimes they'd make a big show about searching everything I had (not even looking in every zipper pocket), et c. In all cases they would lie to me and tell me what I was doing was illegal. (Remember: making false statements to federal agents is a crime.)
I eventually stopped after a few years and would voluntarily yield to their probing questions to avoid delays; I continued to get harassed by border guards and sent to secondary (for an additional 1-10 hours of arrest) on every entry for approximately 4 years afterward, even when answering all questions in full voluntarily. These days, they don't ask me questions, and just wave me through. I'm curious what changed a year or two ago to make them stop harassing me for exercising my rights for 24 months some time ago.
Oh, I almost forgot: one time, they digitally penetrated a Canadian woman who was my travel companion, simply because, in secondary (where we ended up because of my previous rights assertions) we both declined to unlock our phones for the border cops. They strip searched us both, and denied her entry. Denying entry is somewhat understandable due to the failure to search her encrypted device (if a bit dumb), however, sexually assaulting her and forcing us both to manipulation of our genitals is a little bit beyond their mission, in my opinion.