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I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

July 12, 20196m 59s

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The announcement came as we began to board. Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff member informed passengers that the boarding process would use facial recognition instead of passport scanners. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Allie Funk is a research analyst for Freedom on the Net, Freedom House's annual country-by-country assessment of internet freedom. She focuses on developments in the US and Asia.

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