Skip the Surveillance By Opting Out of Face Recognition At Airports Government agencies and airlines have ignored years of warnings from privacy groups and Senators that using face recognition technology on travelers would massively violate their privacy. Now, the passengers are in revolt as well, and they’re demanding answers. Last week, a lengthy exchange on Twitter between a traveler who was concerned about her privacy and a spokesperson for the airline JetBlue went viral, and many of the questions asked by the traveler and others were the same ones that we’ve posed to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials: Where did you get my data? How is it protected? Which airports will use this? Where in the airports will it be used? Most importantly, how do I opt-out? Right now, the key to opting out of face recognition is to be vigilant. How to Opt Out These questions should be simple to answer, but we haven’t gotten simple answers. When we asked CBP for more info...
