DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights
7 years, 9 months ago

DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights

Slate  

Air travel already features some attributes of a police state. For certain international flights from Atlanta and New York, DHS has partnered with Delta to bring mandatory face recognition scans to the boarding gate. Well, think of what could happen when DHS’s airport face recognition systems misfire. What’s even worse is there is good reason to think Homeland Security’s face recognition systems will be expanded. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s John Wagner, Homeland Security is in internal negotiations to bring face recognition to the TSA security checkpoint.

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TSA is testing facial recognition at more airports, raising privacy concerns
1 year, 10 months ago

TSA is testing facial recognition at more airports, raising privacy concerns

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen. In a February letter to TSA, five senators — four Democrats and an Independent who is part of the Democratic caucus — demanded the agency stop the program, saying: “Increasing biometric surveillance of …

Explained | Facial recognition tech in Indian airports
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Facial recognition tech in Indian airports

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V.K. Singh, said four airports in the country will soon have facial recognition technology -based boarding system for passengers. Digi Yatra initiative aims to make air travel paperless and hassle-free in the country, and proposes to simplify passenger-related processes at various check points at the airport by using …

Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds
5 years, 3 months ago

Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — Federal researchers have found widespread evidence of racial bias in nearly 200 facial recognition algorithms in an extensive government study, highlighting the technology’s shortcomings and potential for misuse. Portland, Oregon could go further: It is currently weighing a complete facial recognition ban not just for local government, but for private companies as well. On the …

DHS may require US citizens be photographed at airports
5 years, 3 months ago

DHS may require US citizens be photographed at airports

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Federal officials are considering requiring that all travelers — including American citizens — be photographed as they enter or leave the country as part of an identification system using facial-recognition technology. American citizens are allowed to opt out of being photographed, although a 2017 audit by a federal watchdog agency found that few U.S. travelers exercised that right …

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy
5 years, 8 months ago

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

Wired  

The announcement came as we began to board. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. The facial recognition plan in US airports is built around the Customs and Border Protection Biometric Exit Program, which utilizes face-scanning technology to verify a traveler’s identity. This rapid …

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports
7 years ago

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports

NPR  

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports Enlarge this image toggle caption Brian Naylor/NPR Brian Naylor/NPR The use of facial scanning is becoming commonplace — maybe you've heard of the new iPhone? toggle caption Brian Naylor/NPR CBP is testing biometric scanning at a dozen or so U.S. international airports to ensure that people leaving the country are who they say …

There Is No Good Reason for the Government to Scan People’s Faces as They Leave the Country
7 years, 1 month ago

There Is No Good Reason for the Government to Scan People’s Faces as They Leave the Country

Slate  

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security briefed privacy advocates in San Francisco concerning its misguided plan to subject all international travelers to face scans at airports. DHS officials say airport face scans are necessary to detect immigrants trying to cheat the visa overstay tracking system by using someone else’s ID when they leave. According to the Government Accountability Office, …

Airport Face Scans Could Be a Dry Run for a National Surveillance System
7 years, 5 months ago

Airport Face Scans Could Be a Dry Run for a National Surveillance System

Slate  

Sixteen years after Sept. 11, we’re all well-aware that in order to go through security at an American airport, we will have to use a driver’s license or passport to identify ourselves. There’s no reason to trust the government to limit real time face recognition surveillance to airports, either. In fact, the airport-wide face scanning program foreshadowed by the TSA …

Face scan for US citizens boarding international flights likely to create privacy issues
7 years, 8 months ago

Face scan for US citizens boarding international flights likely to create privacy issues

Firstpost  

If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call a step toward a surveillance state. It says it won’t keep the face scans of U.S. citizens, but privacy advocates are skeptical and say Homeland Security is overstepping its authority. Privacy advocates say making the …

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