Original question by @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
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?
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Yes.
Even if it didn’t explicitly stop my biometric data from being taken and transferred to a government database every single time I fly, it would be a vote against the system itself existing. The whole reason they are allowing people to opt out right now is to test how acceptable it is to people, to hopefully make it mandatory given too little pushback from the public.
Opting out doesn’t just protect your biometric data now, it protects everyone in the future from having their biometric data taken from them without a choice if this system is allowed to spread unopposed.
I take the photo. My face is in so many gov’t databases from badging at various jobsites over the years, I don’t care if they verify it’s me going somewhere. The itinerary is already highly personal so they know that “the guy with that face” is going somewhere.
Yes very unfortunately this ship sailed long ago, and a tiny fraction of people opting out accomplishes nothing at this point. When the 3D nudity scanners arrived i opted out several times, but not nearly enough other people did, so it was pointless. A single digit percent of people opting out accomplishes nothing, we need to stand together in large numbers to accomplish any change. But for whatever reason the large majority of americans have decided to roll over and let the government take away any of our rights that they want to
3D nudity scanners? What? What are those and for how long you guys have had them in airports? The most I’ve stepped through were metal detectors, and my luggage through X-ray
Thanks… I hate it :( but what can I do? Haven’t been in an airport in ages.
I mean, I’ll get buck naked right in the line so the nudie scanners never scared me.
It’s not about being comfortable with your nudity, it’s about basic personal freedoms
Haven’t flown in years. Didn’t know this was a thing. Creepy.
Yeah it’s weird. I always opt out and it seems to make no difference whatsoever.
Here’s my secret: I don’t fly anymore.
Yes, every time. Fuck that
No use for me. DHS and probably every other three letter agency in the US have my prints, name, and picture on file after getting various work visas a while back.
Last time I flew was October of '23. No face scanning then, when did this start?
I don’t know what face scan as I haven’t flown into the states in a very long time.
In Canada we have a machine at customs that takes your picture when you come into the country. This isn’t optional. I take the opportunity to make the absolute most ridiculous face I can every time and it brings me copious amount of joy. It then prints out a little slip that I give to the customs person at the gate who is usually chatting and doesn’t even look at it. I imagine those slips go somewhere, though I couldn’t really care less where.
No, it’s absolutely pointless to opt out.
A fatalist take like this doesn’t help anyone. Do you lock your doors at night even though you’re not be continuously robbed? It’s always worth it to try and protect yourself.
I applaud your idealism.
So you don’t lock the door?
No, and it helps tremendously, if you leave and enter the country.
Like privacy wise it sucks but, I was the only one in my family that wasn’t stopped for manual check at customs because I was already in the system
