Original question by @[email protected]

For those of you who travel in the united states, you’ll know they now have facial recognition scans when checking your id. You can opt out by telling them you don’t want to take the picture. I do every time, but I wonder what the point of the scan is if you can just opt out. That given, why do you think they do it? What prevents them from forcing you to do it?

To those of you who live outside of the united states, have you seen a similar increase in security at your airports?

  • And009@lemmynsfw.com
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    2 days ago

    New Delhi airport tracks each passenger as soon as they step in. Permission or not.

    Thermal, gait analysis… you name it. Every movement is tracked until you fly out.

    Opting for the facial scan simply speeds up few processes, and was mandatory only during covid mask times.