Traveler's Experience With Facial Recognition Is Both Unsurprising And Deeply Terrifying

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mattstaff
Aug 10, 2019 12:00 AM EDT

Read those contracts people! The consent is there (hopefully) whether you realize it or not. This traveler's Twitter thread about the state of facial recognition software is both unsurprising and deeply terrifying. What a time to be alive.

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    facial recognition - Text - 19:42 64% AT&T LTE 1 45% 10:40 AM Tweet MacKenzie Fegan @mackenzief Ijust boarded an international @JetBlue flight. Instead of scanning my boarding pass or handing over my passport, looked into a camera before being allowed down the jet bridge. Did facial recognition replace boarding passes, unbeknownst to me? Did I consent to this? 9:41 AM 4/17/19 Twitter for iPhone 2,435 Retweets 4,609 Likes @JetBlue 4d JetBlue Airways Tweet your reply
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    facial recognition - Text - 19:42 64% AT&T LTE 1 45% 10:40 AM @JetBlue 4d JetBlue Airways jetBlue Mentioned Replying to @mackenzief You're able to opt out of this procedure, MacKenzie. Sorry if this made you feel uncomfortable t147 59 287 MacKenzie Fegan @mackenzief 3d Follow up question. Presumably these facial recognition scanners are matching my image to something in order to verify my identity. How does @JetBlue know what I look like? 1,236 t282 10 JetBlue Airways @JetBlue 3d jetBlue Mention
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    facial recognition - Text - 19:43 64% il AT&T LTE 10:40 AM IViacneIZIe reyaii TiaCkenzier 1 45% So to be clear, the government provided my biometric data to a privately held company? Did I consent to this? How long is my data held by @JetBlue? And even if I opt out at the scanners...you already have my information, correct? 14 2,737 11556 JetBlue Airways @JetBlue 3d jetBlue Mentioned We should clarify, these photos aren't provided to us, but are securely transmitted to the Customs and Border Pro
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