I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport

Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by bin0 on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @08:36AM (#20343730)

I am stuck doing this for medical reasons, and it is certainly one of the most degrading experiences I have ever had the displeasure of enduring. It's very possible he's stuck doing it for similar reasons. Most machines in America aren't backscatter, but I still can't use them.

It's also a crapshoot - you may have an aggressive officer, or a friendly one. I've been patted down twice for absolutely no reason; not a second screening, the guy just went over me two times.

I keep wondering why we have chosen to sacrifice freedom for some small measure of security. More importantly, I don't really believe airport security stops much - it's security theater.

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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by sokoloff on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:31PM (#20345874)

It's a jobs program.

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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by bin0 on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:41PM (#20346000)

It's a jobs program which humiliates innocent Americans and treats those who have committed no crime as common criminals without any warrant or probable cause. It's a violation of individual sovereignty without reason. Jobs are good, but the ends do not justify the means.

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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by sokoloff on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:31AM (#20353603)

Wasteful jobs programs are not good.

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