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Travel + Leisure: Yes, You Can Opt Out of TSA Facial Recognition—Here’s Why Experts Say You Should
May 5, 2025
The Electronic Privacy Information Center wrote in an analysis in 2023 that facial recognition is “an invasive and dangerous surveillance technology.” It added, “There is a reason facial recognition has become ubiquitous in less democratic countries—facial recognition is an ideal tool for oppression by an authoritarian or would-be authoritarian government. TSA’s use of facial recognition normalizes the use of our face as our ID, and the dangerous implications are far too great to ignore. The TSA should immediately halt its implementation of facial recognition.”
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