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https://www.newsweek.com/passenger-arrives-atlanta-airport-says-ice-full-control-11768260
Reminder: Its well within your rights to opt-out of facial recognition at US airports. When walking up to the ID check, go right to the attendant and tell them you'd like to opt out and show this printable card if needed.
Now that ICE is in charge of these positions, even more the reason to push back.
https://stateofsurveillance.org/guides/basic/tsa-facial-recognition-opt-out-guide/
"The short version: When you reach the TSA checkpoint and see the camera, say "I'd like to opt out of facial recognition." They'll verify your ID the old-fashioned way. No extra screening. No delay. No attitude. That's it.
65 Airports
By spring 2026, TSA facial recognition will be at 65 airports—up from 15 in 2025
99% Weren't Told
In tests, only 1% of passengers were verbally informed they could opt out
100x Error Rate
Asian and African-American travelers misidentified up to 100x more often than white men
Your Right
Opting out is legal and should not result in extra screening or delays"
#Ice #dhs #us #civilrights #privacy #facialrecognition #ai #atlanta #tsa
The ai pull requests on public repos these days are mind numbing. Do your best to protect yourself from burnout open source devs. Yikes.
The Port of Morrow datacenter in Eastern Oregon is currently in a lawsuit noting their depleting impact on the regions water table and the nitrates concentrating within it.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/31/amazon-fine-northeast-oregon-boardman-nitrate-pollution-well/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-having-an-underrported
The Google datacenter in The Dalles are pushing to utilize further water resources from Mount Hood National Forest as they build out the structure for more output.
Now an 'exascale' datacenter is in the works in Boardman, OR for Amazon, 80 miles East of The Dalles Google datacenter - both on the Columbia river.
These don't bring economic outputs to the region, they rely on massive tax cuts, they are massive burdens to the local environment, they promise job growth but only sustain paltry numbers...yet they continue to be built.
