After criticism, Homeland Security drops plans to expand airport face recognition scans to US citizens
TechCrunch Industry News · TechCrunch
December 6, 20194m 23s
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Homeland Security has confirmed it will not expand face recognition scans to U.S. citizens arriving and departing the country, days after it emerged the agency proposed making the scans for citizens mandatory. The department, whose responsibility is border protection and immigration checks, said in a government filingthat it it wanted to “amend the regulations to provide that all travelers, including U.S. citizens, may be required to be photographed upon entry and/or departure.
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