TSA now wants to scan your face at security. Here are your rights.

[cbabe]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tsa-now-wants-scan-face-184216450.html

TSA now wants to scan your face at security. Here are your rights.

Geoffrey A. Fowler, (c) 2022, The Washington Post

Fri, December 2, 2022, 10:42 AM

Next time you're at airport security, get ready to look straight into a camera. The TSA wants to analyze your face.

The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly testing controversial facial recognition technology for passenger screening at 16 major domestic airports - from Washington to Los Angeles - and hopes to expand it across the United States as soon as next year. Kiosks with cameras are doing a job that used to be completed by humans: checking the photos on travelers' IDs to make sure they're not impostors.

The TSA says facial recognition, which has been banned by cities such as San Francisco, helps improve security and possibly also efficiency. But it's also bringing an unproven tech, with civil rights ramifications we still just don't understand, to one of the most stressful parts of travel.

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I am worried that the TSA will give a green light to technology that is more likely to falsely accuse black and brown and nonbinary travelers and other groups that have historically faced more facial recognition errors," said Cahn of STOP.

Research has shown facial recognition algorithms can be less accurate at identifying people of color. A study published by the federal National Institute of Science and Technology in 2019 found that Asian and African American people were up to 100 times more likely to be misidentified than White men, depending on the particular algorithm and type of search.

…more… privacy… sharing of data…current right to refuse and other concerns…

[Tetrachloride]

1. Fingerprints. Some countries require them for ID cards.

Some countries are loaded with foreigners with no ID card.

I myself didn’t avoid getting the card.

I was told several times that I am mistaken for a certain ethnic group.

I prefer to not be misidentified. Being left handed, my signature is wildly unique.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Had a face scan to compare with passport in Havana a few years ago.

[brush]

3. I don't see a listing of our rights.

The story says, "here are your rights."

Where are they? Do we have to submit to facial photos. Seems like a 4th Amendment violation.

[cbabe]

4. My reading is

you don’t have to submit. Yet. But may be consequences.

Also this is a private industry so don’t know how far 4th amendment goes. Remember the upset over full body X-rays. And their storage and misuse.

Now they’ll have your face to share with whom ever forever.
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Your rights

So do you have to participate?

"None of this facial recognition technology is mandated," said Lim. "Those who do not feel comfortable will still have to present their ID - but they can tell the officer that they do not want their photo taken, and the officer will turn off the live camera." There are also supposed to be signs around informing you of your rights.

But does it mean you'll get moved to a slow line, get an extra pat down, or a mark on your record? "

[Bev54]

5. Is this the reason American Airlines is pulling out of San Francisco? n/t

[cbabe]

6. Moving employees not flights. Yet.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/american-airlines-is-closing-its-san-francisco-crew-base-and-asking-400-flight-attendants-to-leave-california-or-leave-the-airline/ar-AA14QuGl

American Airlines is closing its San Francisco crew base and asking 400 flight attendants to leave California or leave the airline

…more…

[Chainfire]

7. It would simplify law enforcement's jobs if we were all tatooed with a unique serial number, or

bar code on our foreheads at birth. It would be a small price to pay for "security."

The TSA is why I refuse to fly anymore.