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This is at JFK, does anyone know what they are used for? There wasn’t an obvious time when it was taking a picture.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The nexus machines in several airports have scanners like this and I can just walk up to it, look at it, and keep walking. No giving it my ID or anything like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it was like a boarding pass printing machine though, which seems like a weird use. You still had to get the pass scanned later.