Use of Facial Recognition in Airports Draws Anger

by | Apr 27, 2019

Use of Facial Recognition in Airports Draws Anger

by | Apr 27, 2019

Eoin Higgins at Common Dreams:

We’re basically capturing that picture at the boarding gate, providing it to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” said Farrell. “They’re identifying the traveler.”

“It’s actually the U.S. government that’s implementing the biometric matching system that does all the hard analysis and crunching of the data,” Farrell added.”

Oh, I thought this was another evil corporation behind this.  Now that I know the government is involved I’m OK with it.  After all, what do I have to hide.  I’m sure the’re doing it for our safety.

 

Steven Woskow

Steven Woskow

Steve Woskow is an entrepreneur and was President of Agtech Products, Inc., a research and development company specializing in animal agriculture. He has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Food Science from Iowa State University. He is retired and lives with his family in Northern Nevada.

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