Face scan gates at the airport saved me time last week

I flew out and they had these new gates that use your face to let you through. It was quick, but I have concerns about where that data goes. What do people think about this kind of tech spreading?

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elizabeth3677mo ago

Consider how these systems fail for normal people in everyday situations. My friend got stuck at one because her new glasses confused the scanner, and airport staff just shrugged. What happens when you're sick, or sunburned, or just having a bad hair day? They train this tech on a narrow set of "normal" faces, so it's bound to mess up for lots of folks. We're building a travel system that only works smoothly if you look a very specific way, and that's going to create a whole new kind of hassle at the gate.

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johnson.caleb7mo ago

Question how often this actually causes real problems. In my experience, most people breeze through without issue.

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sage2047mo ago

My coworker got denied at a biometric check because he'd shaved his head for charity. The system didn't recognize him without hair, and security made him wait 20 minutes while they manually checked his ID. Kinda proves @johnson.caleb wrong about everyone breezing through, since minor changes can totally throw it off. He had to show his passport like three times, and even then they were skeptical. It was a huge hassle over something as simple as a haircut. Stuff like this makes you wonder how reliable these systems really are for everyday people.

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