jilleduffyDec 23, 2022

Facial recognition technology has been in the news recently when a lawyer was booted from a Rockettes show, leaving her daughter to watch the show without her mom

Anyway, if an airline is ready to scan your face for boarding, by golly please say no. You're allowed to

https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/you-can-say-no-to-face-scans-for-airplane-boarding

PSA: You Can Say No to Face Scans for Airplane Boarding

Gate agents may not tell you this, but you don't have to have your face scanned to board a US domestic flight—and you won't cause a scene for saying no.

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Laura OdeliusDec 23, 2022
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"'Facial recognition is bad. It's really bad. It's a poor system for verifying identity or intent, it's overly permissive, and it trains us to be okay with having our face scanned.' [Max Eddy]"

"The idea of intent is important to unpack. When you enter a PIN or even place your fingers on a fingerprint reader, you're taking explicit action and you at least have an inkling what it's for. But face scanning can happen passively without you showing any intent much less consent."

Dec 23, 2022 at 2:37pmWeb