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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by misterprime on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:09PM (#20345597)
That goes completely counter to my experiences. From 2009 to 2017 I chose to "opt out" every time. Here's what happened for me each time:

1. They make you wait while they get someone to do the work.

2. They offer to take you somewhere private (I declined).

3. They tell you the routine ("I'm gonna go up your leg until I feel resistance").

4. They wipe their gloves and put them in a chemical detector.

5. They let you go.

Only once did I have to get an extra exam where they detected some chemical on me and had to do that whole wipe down + chemical test process on my carry-on. It wasn't a big deal.

In 2017 I finally got TSA Precheck. So I've very rarely had to go through this since then (flying w/ non-Precheck friend, flying at non-Precheck airport).

EDIT: My experience is from US only. I missed that the parent's description was from the UK.

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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by vinceguidry on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:13PM (#20345663)
His experience was in the UK.
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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by sokoloff on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:28PM (#20345847)
I was able to opt out in Dublin at the secondary security point (where one clears immigration in Dublin for US-bound flights, so I think that particular scanner was operated at the direction of the US authorities).

I have not tried to opt out of a pure-EU/UK scanner, so your point is still valid. I suspect Toronto may work the same way.

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Re:I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport – It Was... by enonevets on Thursday July 04, 2019 @02:49AM (#20352178)
If you're flying with a non-precheck friend and they're willing to let you book their flights and they pay you back, they'll benefit from you having precheck and their ticket will include precheck as well.
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