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Turning Your Face Into Your Ticket

Turning Your Face Into Your Ticket

Facial recognition tech at the airport is being sold as an opt-in convenience—for now.

What Next | Daily News and Analysis · Slate Podcasts

July 2, 202320m 44s

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Show Notes

Even if you like the convenience of your phone unlocking after it reads your face, there are reasons to be wary of the TSA bringing facial recognition technology to the airport. 


Guest: Geoffrey Fowler, technology columnist for the Washington Post.


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