CBP Deploys Facial Recognition to Verify Identities of Departing Int'l Travelers
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They also don't say how many of the 26 "alleged" imposters actually turned out to be imposters upon investigation.
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American Airlines trying biometric boarding at LAX
American piloting facial recognition at one of its fastest-growing hubs
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The Fort Worth-based carrier (Nasdaq: AAL) announced it will offer its first-ever biometric boarding pilot program at Los Angeles International Airport. Instead of scanning a boarding pass, the tech uses a one-step facial recognition process to scan and verify a passengers identify with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
So how does it work? As fliers begin boarding, a facial recognition program will scan their faces and send the images to a cloud-based CBP database. The system will then match the faces to passport photos on file and send back a decision on whether the passenger can board.
The entire process takes seconds, American Airlines said in a prepared statement. Passengers can opt out of the new system and choose to board with regular passes. Agents also will continue to make sure fliers have their passports before boarding.
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The Fort Worth-based carrier (Nasdaq: AAL) announced it will offer its first-ever biometric boarding pilot program at Los Angeles International Airport. Instead of scanning a boarding pass, the tech uses a one-step facial recognition process to scan and verify a passengers identify with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
So how does it work? As fliers begin boarding, a facial recognition program will scan their faces and send the images to a cloud-based CBP database. The system will then match the faces to passport photos on file and send back a decision on whether the passenger can board.
The entire process takes seconds, American Airlines said in a prepared statement. Passengers can opt out of the new system and choose to board with regular passes. Agents also will continue to make sure fliers have their passports before boarding.
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The system wasnt so smooth af LAX, as it slowed things down the first few days.
But welcome to airlines being government kiss-ups and enabling a more pervasive surveillance state which the government hopes to make more comprehensively reliable for governmental monitoring and control of the otherwise free public.
But welcome to airlines being government kiss-ups and enabling a more pervasive surveillance state which the government hopes to make more comprehensively reliable for governmental monitoring and control of the otherwise free public.
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The truth is they haven't even started biometric testing at T4 at LAX where American Airlines resides.
There was a pilot test at Tom Bradley Terminal during the summer but that has been over and done with for some time.
There was a pilot test at Tom Bradley Terminal during the summer but that has been over and done with for some time.
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TSA’s Roadmap for Airport Surveillance Moves in a Dangerous Direction
In 2017, at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and Denver International Airport, TSA used prints from the PreCheck database and a contactless fingerprint reader to verify the identity of PreCheck-approved travelers at security checkpoints at both airports. TSA now proposes to make the pilot program permanent and to widen the biometrics used to include face recognition, iris scans, and others.
Instead of giving passengers the option to opt in, TSA plans to partner and share information with other federal and state agencies like the FBI and state Departments of Motor Vehicles to get the biometric information they want.
While Congress has authorized a biometric data collection exit program for foreign visitors—supposedly to help monitor visa compliance by using biometrics to track foreigners leaving the country—the roadmap explicitly outlines plans for TSA and CBP to collect any biometrics they want from all travelers—American or foreign, international and domestic—wherever they are in the airport. That data will be stored in a widely shared database could be used to track people outside the airport context.
Additionally, the roadmap does not acknowledge the need to allow travelers to opt out of the system.
the Office of the Inspector General has also reported that CBP consistently and substantially underestimated the cost of their biometric exit program to the American taxpayer. To close some of the funding gaps, CBP would have to depend on the airports and airlines to purchase the necessary biometric equipment and to provide staff to implement the program.
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When (not if, the inevitable when) this system fails, it's going to be something to behold. Just consider the possibilities. Name one digital solution which, while increasing efficiency, hasn't compromised data security significantly more than analog solutions.
Any wonder that the pilot program is happening at LAX and not IAD?
Any wonder that the pilot program is happening at LAX and not IAD?
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Similar biometric scanning technology is used much more extensively at ATL and DTW for passengers departing to international destination on Delta, Aeromexico, Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic.
The facial recognition technology is optional at Delta and can be used to check in for flights at self service kiosks, check bags at the counter, go through TSA security and board flights.
The facial recognition technology is optional at Delta and can be used to check in for flights at self service kiosks, check bags at the counter, go through TSA security and board flights.
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I've also heard from the New Zealand Government of all sources that CBP now partners with foreign governments to allow biometric entry as well - my government only mentions IAH as a location where we can fly in and disembark straight to expedited screening, not sure if other airports do it. It also means that the requirement to first see a CBP officer when arriving on a new ESTA for manual processing has gone away.
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There were using this system when I boarded my flight from LAX to EZE. Passengers were instructed to have their passports visible and boarding passes handy just in case. I approached the camera and almost immediately my seat number popped up on the screen; it was quicker than it takes for the scanner to read the bar code on a boarding pass.
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Source of that particular and exact info (that there were hangups early on) was my Tweet at the end of November reporting AA's early experience:
No, at the time you posted that AA had been testing for over a week, closer to 2 weeks.
No, at the time you posted that AA had been testing for over a week, closer to 2 weeks.
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Source of that particular and exact info (that there were hangups early on) was my Tweet at the end of November reporting AA's early experience:
https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1068680963503333376
https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1068680963503333376
No. Gemalto.