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Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. (www.vox.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Travelers can opt out of facial recognition at US airports by requesting manual ID verification, though resistance or intimidation may occur.
Facial recognition poses privacy risks, including potential data breaches, misidentification, and normalization of surveillance.
The Algorithmic Justice League's "Freedom Flyers" campaign aims to raise awareness of these issues and encourage passengers to exercise their right to opt out.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For international flights, US citizens can opt out but foreign nationals have to participate in face scanning, [with some exceptions]

I had no idea we were already at that point.

always wanted to visit the US. I guess that won't happen then.

I refuse to participate in this dystopia. But I'm a little worried this will make me a recluse

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Trust me you're already a recluse relative to most by being on here. If you observe what passes for a "normal" "person" these days, they will endlessly scroll algorithmic ai-generated incomprehensible horrors on Tiktok, then purchase something through an ad from temu, they do not think. They are gone.

But once you stop worrying that you may be saying no to experiences too much purely on principle, then you're free to go even further and eradicate surveillance capitalism influence from your life altogether. One day you can ascend to even go smartphone-free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

If you observe what passes for a "normal" "person" these days, they will endlessly scroll algorithmic ai-generated incomprehensible horrors on Tiktok, then purchase something through an ad from temu, they do not think.

Can you just like, not be so damn condescending and elitist? Literally saying people who use TikTok and purchase stuff from Temu are sub-human...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

they will endlessly scroll algorithmic ai-generated incomprehensible horrors on Tiktok

How is that much different from scrolling Lemmy? They are both social media

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

That's like saying a Subaru and a submarine are both modes of travel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

One day you can ascend to even go smartphone-free.

Ascended to that in late 2014 because using a smartphone was a trigger for my anxiety.

Back to using those since 2020 because of WhatsApp calls, apps for every shit and such being needed in life.