Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports / Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days::Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days
No facial recognition? That’s fine. They still have the scanner that sees you naked. They can set up genital recognition systems instead.
The TSA’s use of CAT-2 involves scanning a passenger’s face and comparing it to a scanned ID card or passport. The system can detect fake IDs “very quickly,” a TSA official told us in July, and is also able to verify the person is on any additional screening lists and is actually scheduled to travel in the next 24 hours.
This I’m ok with actually? The airport is already a place you expect to have to give your real identity to be there, and in the case of unfortunate people who share a name with a watchlist person this technology helps them travel normally without hours long interviews at every stop, I think mainly because the TSA agent can say the computer ok’d it instead of having to stick their neck out personally.
I guess the problem would be if the new scans of your face collected by this software are connected to your identity and/or travel data and then exported to third parties who didn’t already have that info.
Because by itself it isn’t really giving the TSA any new information. They have your id and your boarding pass. The government already knows who you are and where you’re going and this bill doesn’t stop them acquiring or keeping that information.
Japan uses this and scans you when you enter the country. Pass through quickly when you leave country and they know you are gone. It works but could definitely be misused in a country with lower standards of moral foundation.
Are we supposed to pretend that Japan’s government is somehow above reproach…?
Not really. But culturally, it is very different. Robberies are basically unknown. If someone loses a wallet, people look to return it. People on the subway are quiet and respectful. Litter is uncommon. I have been there a couple of times and sometimes wish I could live there. It is not a perfect place by any means. Just like anywhere. But it is SO different than China, S. Korea, or the US. Edit. Spelling
People on the subway are quiet and respectful
This is the country with “women only” subway cars because there’s so much sexual assault on the subway? You were a tourist. That’s why they were polite to you.
Not true. Never said I was a tourist. Not sure what country you went to?
In Japan, women-only cars were introduced to combat lewd conduct, particularly groping (chikan).
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People on the subway are quiet and respectful
Lmao I literally got someone trying to put their hand up my clothes THREE different times on the subway and my neighbour got mugged at knifepoint in the year I lived there. But sure, Japan is a crime-free utopia.
Not like Japanese cops are infamous for not prosecuting anything that isn’t a slam dunk or anything.
It works but could definitely be misused in a country with lower standards of moral foundation.
No problem using it in the US then… homerfadeintohedge.gif
I travelled recently, and was filled with disgust when I was told to scan my boarding pass and look into the camera to get in line. I would have asked to go through an alternative line but didn’t want to miss my flight.
What the fuck is wrong with people
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