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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Uploads thousand og pictures of themselves to social media

Airport scanning my face! That's AgAiNsT my privacyyyyyy!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In theory, an officer is then supposed to manually look over your ID and compare it to your face, as they used to do before facial recognition. But in practice, there have been reports of passengers — even a senator — facing resistance or intimidation when they try to go this route.

The same thing that happens in most cases where a person tries to assert their rights.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Cop beating you: Stop resisting! Stop resisting!

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I had no idea you could opt out. I flew to Paris recently and they were herding people like cattle through CDG and at no point was it clear that there was an opt out. Hell, it wasn't even obvious I was about to have my face scanned until I stepped into a very claustrophobic chamber, the doors shut behind me, and it told me I needed to scan my face before I could walk out the other side of that chamber. In a moment like that, after being awake for 30 hours because some crotch goblins were screaming the entire flight, trapped in a pod the size of my closet, telling me to stand still and let the techbros steal your faceprint, my personal morals about facial rec were the last thing on my mind.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago

It is kind of shady and definitely unethical. There should be a obvious opt out. In the US when you are arrested the police are legally obligated to tell you your rights. The same should be true about TSA