I find stupid to give away my biometric data to everyone asking for it just because I give it away once in exchange of my passport, but I guess that's just me.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2024
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Facial recognition poses privacy risks, including potential data breaches,
I know you're using the acceptable legal term.
As a Cybersecurity person, the "potential" data breaches we talk about, today, are really pretty certain, at this point, in history.
We may work towards a collective genuine 'potential', where the breach might never happen, someday, with effort.
Turns chair around and sits straddling it like a cool youth mentor.
Y'alls faces at airports are definitely getting leaked on the dark web.
The good news is it might take enough years to leak that your appearance might happen to change in between.
Poison pill their data instead.
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Generate a person
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Print it
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Scan it when asked for facial data
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I went thru naturalization process. They have everything already. Including DNA, retina scan, etc. So I opted for Clear. Global Entry as well. They have it all already. May as well fast track going thru customs.
Clear is run by a 3rd party company. TSA pre-check is run by the government. TSA pre-check comes free with Global Entry, you just need to sign up for it.
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Planes <<<<<< trains.
Hour vs. hour it's the best form of transportation
You get more space, there's no TSA, you don't get charged for bringing luggage, you can carry on liquids, you get leg room, the wifi is decent.
But if I'm traveling a really far distance... For example, if I'm going from California to New York I'd rather go by plane. Going by train for that seems to be pretty horrible. America is in desperate need of a ground transportation that can get from California to New York quickly.
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They are very much incomparable more so than they are comparable. Try taking a train over a sea or across a country like the US.
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Simply stand away from the camera or keep your face covered with a mask, present your ID, and say, “I opt out of biometrics. I want the standard verification process.”
This sounds like a great way for a SovCit to get a full ass inspection from a sausage-fingered security guard.
The best you're going to get is redirected to a very long queue of people who's passports don't have biometrics.
Actually no, they look at your face and your ID, make sure the information matches, and move you along. No secondary inspection, no difference except you didn't get scanned with facial recognition. It's the same process as before facial recognition was implemented.
Why even write that comment?
I refuse to go through the body scanners, but the last time I went through the airport there wasn’t anyone trying to opt-out. I seriously doubt if the radiation perv scanner doesn’t get people to do anything, this won’t either.
I seriously doubt if the radiation perv scanner doesn’t get people to do anything
You mean the backscatter X-ray units that have already been phased out 10 years ago?
The modern milimeter-wave scanners both do not reveal anything and do not use ionising radiation. If radiation is a concern to you, you really shouldn't be flying at all to be honest. The dose you get up there is much higher than you'd get from an X-ray scanner, although it is still negligible.