Some airport travelers, including a U.S. senator, are having trouble saying no to security technology that’s supposed to be voluntary.

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    Once your face is scanned it is disseminated to several databases both Federal and State, which can be leaky. It can be passed around law enforcement circles, used on mesh camera networks to record movements in public (China is an example) and potentially used against you in ways you might not be aware of yet. The Chinese via tiktok and other sources such as hacking, are building dossiers on every American citizen they can get their hands on. The “it’s easy and I’ve got nothing to hide” rationale is what they’re banking on, makes their job really simple. Hell, people take fucking selfies and post them along with their name in the clear on the internet all time, those posts are scraped for security data and identity.

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      Ok you were doing good until younthre tik tok in. Wtf. Stay on target. And you picture is on your driver’s license, mandatory, it’s on your passport, mandatory, where do you think they get the facial recognition i.ages from. The government already has your face. Since 9/11, the government has thrown so many previously held privacy rules out the window it’s ridiculous, and you’re trying to make the correct argument. You need to step back and think deeper before you start fighting again. And yes people post more on Facebook than they give to the government, and that was voluntary so it’s all fair game. Make your argument more concise and you have the correct fight.

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        Ignore these dorm room philosophers. You are 100% correct. State and Federal agencies already have access to every photo ID.

        It doesn’t matter that they can identify you slightly easier. Do you vote based on limiting police access to law enforcement databases? If you don’t vote based on this, your minor refusal to be photographed doesn’t mean anything.

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          It’s possible and often easy to make a counterpoint, especially a good one, without being an arsehole.