<story><title>Federal civil rights watchdog sounds alarm over Feds use of facial recognition</title><url>https://therecord.media/federal-civil-rights-watchdog-facial-recognition-technology-report</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>blackeyeblitzar</author><text>I was appalled to see TSA facial recognition scanners at airports recently, where instead of checking your ID and boarding pass they scan your face. Almost everyone simply accepted the new process instead of opting out. I’m not sure how the eventual forced violation of biometrics can be stopped when most people don’t care.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rty32</author><text>I wasn&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;appalled&amp;quot; but definitely felt uneasy about it. I am aware I could opt out and read all the discussions about it here on HN. I didn&amp;#x27;t do anything about it, despite being a very privacy conscious person (using firefox, use max adblocking&amp;#x2F;anti tracking etc). Why? I don&amp;#x27;t want to be an asshole, hold the queue and cause trouble for a TSA agent who is just doing the job and likely have no idea what &amp;quot;opt out&amp;quot; means, and with, let&amp;#x27;s admit it, no practical benefit for myself. (If anything, help myself miss a flight.) The feds and local law enforcement probably already have my face data anyway.</text></comment>
<story><title>Federal civil rights watchdog sounds alarm over Feds use of facial recognition</title><url>https://therecord.media/federal-civil-rights-watchdog-facial-recognition-technology-report</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>blackeyeblitzar</author><text>I was appalled to see TSA facial recognition scanners at airports recently, where instead of checking your ID and boarding pass they scan your face. Almost everyone simply accepted the new process instead of opting out. I’m not sure how the eventual forced violation of biometrics can be stopped when most people don’t care.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mmooss</author><text>They don&amp;#x27;t understand and also they despair - both in part because the people who should help them (people like us) also buy into despair.</text></comment>