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Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social |
By the way, I've flown a couple times recently and the TSA is rolling out some weird facial recognition thing at some airports which you can opt out of. I would encourage everybody to opt out of it because I do not like the idea of normalizing that technology, especially in those hands.
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Owen
@oweniverson.bsky.social
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1) Not to mention all the freedoms we gave up (or surveillance we granted) under the Patriot Act way back when all under the guise of "we'll keep you safe from all the crime". Crime is still happening, but now we are all surveilled constantly.
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Muz
@cmuz.bsky.social
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When I crossed the border in Singapore it was entirely automated with a passport scanner, facial recognition, and a digital fingerprint. Iโm not sure it was possible to go directly to a human instead. The future is here. At least it was the most efficient border crossing Iโve ever done.
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Guinevere ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
@guinevereisoffx.bsky.social
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Facial recognition for law enforcement is a terrible idea. They are not accurate and the way the TSA operates just means more invasive searches for people that already get more scrutiny when flying.
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waxmonkey
@waxmonkey.bsky.social
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pushing back on this whenever possible hell disney took my fingerprints to enter disneyworld and had no optout
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Sam, a Craven one
@seemsgood.lol
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Shoutout to the person who decided that the opt-out information goes on top of the cameras so you have to look at them to know that you can opt out of looking at them
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@spicypurritto.bsky.social
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I, uh, opted in at ATL and when I asked to get in the line for it, the agent basically told me to go eff myself (specifically, five people away from the front of the line after a 40 min wait in pre-check: "the line's over there", indicating the opposite side of the rows from whence I trekked).
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Dylan
@dylanjuran.me
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I did not realize it was opt-out-able when i first encountered it at LAX a couple weeks ago. It struck me as gross but I went along with it because the TSA is already violating a ton of my rights and I don't have much choice. Think it's worth opting out now that they've already subjected me to it?
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They call me pathetic
@sparklplnty.bsky.social
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It shortens time at customs when re-entering the US after traveling abroad. I have no issue with it personally
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NevadaWolf
@nevadawolf.bsky.social
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Vaguely sounds like the ID (.) me thing needed for the IRS Direct File, another "computer scan of your face and your ID to see if they match" verification method.
directfile.irs.gov/idme
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PD
@palakdudani.bsky.social
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Not optional for non-US citizens. Or so Iโve been told the last two years theyโve been doing this at US airports
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@slappylongballs.bsky.social
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And they're not even the WORST entities that would use facial recognition tech. I give you most of the police departments in this country.
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Stella Viotto Royce-Corbyn
@sexycorvette.bsky.social
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we're gonna become the next China, how protesters would be instantly recognised and fined
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Timpanogos Slim
@timpanogosslim.bsky.social
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The best reason to oppose use of facial recognition software is that it doesn't work. You can get it to do some tricks in a controlled situation but in active, public use, say for trying to track a specific person down, it mostly produces false positives.
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Zz๐ช
@zeebest1.bsky.social
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You got to watch KUBRA on Netflix
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Dr. Acula, MD
@doctoraculamd.bsky.social
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Didnโt make it obviously opt-out for me as I passed through the US, and yelled at me for looking at it too slowly. I was floored and horrified when the flight out used my face in lieu of my ticket
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Melinda Coleman
@ivycatmom.bsky.social
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My tiny little regional airport didnโt have it, then when I was leaving DC after visiting my sister this spring I was so taken aback that I was like โuh, no, you can just look at my face and ID like you always have?โ
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Rich
@hopstache.bsky.social
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I opted out at DTW and LAX last monthโthey didnโt give me any grief either place, fortunately.
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Silkabelli
@silkabelli.bsky.social
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Why are you still frequent flying? This planet cannot take any more CO2!!!
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Kristin Davidson {kxd}
@kxd.dev
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They already have all that information, opting out wonโt change that.
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MrGulio
@mrgulio.bsky.social
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Feels like another degradation of our privacy for an agency that is trying to justify it's continued existence.
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@sitasiva.bsky.social
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If you have not seen this I KNOW that you will enjoy it.
www.ted.com/talks/kriti_...
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Spencer Fleury
@spencerfleury.bsky.social
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I did not know these were opt-out. I'll be sure to do that next time, but I guess it might be too late for me now.
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Xepher
@xepher.bsky.social
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Hereโs the link in the TSA site about it: www.tsa.gov/news/press/f...
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TDnA 18+
@tdna.bsky.social
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It's also a means of replacing officers, since they can't retain that many new hires.
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nonbinary papa iv
@aardvarkwizard.bsky.social
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Is this the โscan your ID and take your pictureโ before security? I just experienced this for the first time about an hour ago and was too not-awake to comprehend much besides taking off my mask and standing where the guy said
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@pouncingbullfrog.bsky.social
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America is a joke. Our "righs" are fake
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Technology Connections
@techconnectify.bsky.social
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A nice shout-out to the TSA agent at SFO who simply said "alright" and let me through, and a nasty shout out to the one at MCO who thought I was rude, then asked why I didn't want to do it. And an even better shout-out to ORD who doesn't have it yet, at least in Terminal 3.
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JeffreyM_Ph.D
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Agree. I didn't used to worry about slippery slopes, but my state (RI) is normalizing license plate readers. Police + municipal (through contractors). Bet most states are similar. If I were to sit on a street corner photographing every passer by, I would be asked to stop by authorities. And yet....
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Addled Mongoose
@addledmongoose.bsky.social
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Is this something different than the facial recognition at customs? That's been around for a couple of years. Freaked me out the first time I walked up to the customs officer and, without even looking at my passport, greeted me by name.
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Greg Lastname
@orpach.bsky.social
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Same, but for those backscatter scanner things. Only had to deal with them once so far, and they treated me as though it failed.
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@jefg.bsky.social
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I opted out last time I flew and it wasn't a problem. But most people go along with the flow and that attitude enables a police state.
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@tuesdayalia.bsky.social
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Agreed. It feels so uncomfortable
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n highlands โ โฎ โฏ๏ธ ๐ข โป๏ธ ๐
@nancyhighlands.bsky.social
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๐ฏ agree !
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mildmojo
@mildmojo.bsky.social
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Yes. Opting out of things is about the only in-bounds way to protest this garbage. Opt out of the millimeter wave (body) scanners, opt out of facial recognition, pull human labor to do that work, help inefficiency blossom. Ideally, grind it to a halt. Dismantle the TSA.
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Jeremy Scott
@jscotttn.bsky.social
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I didn't have any option last week. They scanned my ID and took my picture and I don't think I'd have gotten on the plane if I'd have objected.
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el yucatecx
@yucateco.sextape.mov
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they did not ask if i wanted to opt out at dullesโฆ. they just said look at the camera shit lol
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Tsotate
@tsotate.bsky.social
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Personally, as someone who is both tall and poor, I've opted out of flying, facial recognition or not.
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Ellery
@biknmusicmama.bsky.social
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I already hate the โhands up donโt shootโ scanner and the counterfeit-sniffing dog perp walk
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๐ผ Manndelion ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฅ ๐
@manndelion.bsky.social
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But are you really opted out or is it like a... Like a 'placebo' like okay we won't use it overtly on you but we're secretly still using it?
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Menno
@menno.bsky.social
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The rolled it out at the baseball stadium. currently opt in, will not be doing that
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goosethird
@goosethird.bsky.social
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thought it was mandatory! thanks!!
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Naj ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ๐ธ
@najwan.bsky.social
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Ameen.. ๐ต๐ธ๐๐
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HarryP
@harryp-69.bsky.social
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Interesting that you would think that everyone else should Adhere to your beliefs on a technology without some kind of credible reason why?
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Anxious Herzog
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My latest TSA headache: I got preโ in late 2019 (terrible timing, I know). Took my first post-COVID flight in April. The machine denied my preโ and I had to go to general, to get yelled at with everyone else.
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Dr Enrico Sidebottom Jnr
@drsidebottom.bsky.social
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Hyper-Surveillance Dystopia.
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Jessi Murray
@jessimurray.bsky.social
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I opted out recently and first the TSA agent pretended like he didnโt know what I was talking about until his buddy clarified (even though I used the literal words the sign said) and then he was like, โwell I hate to tell you about all the cameras you already went by.โ Just, thanks.
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