Travelers can say no to a TSA facial recognition scan, but some TSA agents tell travelers the scan is required or that refusing will cause a significant delay
Let's ask two questions about airports' use of facial recognition: Is it truly voluntary? And is it worth it? Twitter: @evan_greer , @pettypropolis , @ajlamesa , and @greta Twitter: @evan_greer : “Opt out” will never be a meaningful strategy for mitigating surveillance harms. #FacialRecognition should be banned entirely https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @pettypropolis : 🧵"Tawana Petty, who has campaigned against police use of facial recognition software, said she was also flying out of Reagan National Airport in May and asked the TSA agent if it was optional to use the facial recognition camera at security. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Anthony LaMesa / @ajlamesa : It's amusing that we can have this nonsense at TSA checkpoints, but not e-gates at passport control. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Greta Van Susteren / @greta : ("It is over. I give up. I do the facial scanning ‘thing’ because it is so much faster and we have already lost all our privacy in this country.) A senator had trouble saying no to TSA's voluntary facial recogntion - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...