Re:Clear wants to scan your face at airports – privacy exper...
by daedalus_j on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @06:01PM
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It's really not that bad if you have GlobalEntry/TSA Pre. I've been through quite a few airports since getting it and never had an issue.
Not as easy as when I was pound atd you could walk right up to the boarding gate to meet someone getting off a plane, but definitely not horrible or even challenging.
However, that's with TSA Pre. I recently flew through Orlando and good gods that security line was a disaster.
I'm an Abolish-the-TSA type, they do more harm than good, don't get me wrong, but if you want to fly just go get GlobalEntry, and everything is quite painless. (right up until you get to the gate and the airline starts screwing you, but that's a different problem.)
Re:Clear wants to scan your face at airports – privacy exper...
by bradknowles on Thursday December 21, 2023 @01:53AM
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GlobalEntry only helps if you're flying international, and even then it only helps you once you land and everyone else is standing in the line at passport control.
It doesn't do squat for you if you're staying in the same country.
There have been quite a few flights I've not taken because of the security gauntlet. I really only fly when there is no other realistic option -- which means I that I only rarely do it recreationally anymore at all.
Getting to the plane has become utterly horrible.