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  • 2025-08-07

    TSA Trialing ‘Touchless’ Facial Recognition At 14 U.S. Airports

    Denver International Airport (DEN) has opened two security screening lanes in which eligible passengers can move through checkpoints using biometric facial recognition as their sole form of identification, becoming the latest U.S. airport where the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is trialing a PreCheck Touchless ID program. TSA has been rolling out the pilot program across
    CategoriesFrom The Web, News Stories TagsAviation Week, Commercial Aviation, Facial Recognition, TSA
  • 2025-06-25

    Facial recognition and airport expansion

    Convenience = Capacity In 2019, there was a fairly large kerfuffle at the Port Commission over facial recognition. At the time, personal privacy was considered a high priority. The Commission ordered a study and after 18 months came back with this report, and a lot of press, including this article… Sea-Tac is First Airport to
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsBiometrics, Facial Recognition
  • 2025-03-28

    Why You Should Opt-Out of TSA Facial Recognition Right Now (And How)

    Until there are clear legal protections for travelers and unbiased technology, you have every reason to politely decline Facial recognition technology is quietly becoming a routine part of air travel in the United States — and you might not even realize it. If you’ve flown recently, you may have noticed cameras scanning your face at
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsBiometrics, Facial Recognition, TSA
  • Facial recognition: Coming soon to an airport near you

    By  Christine Chung The New York Times On a recent Thursday morning in Queens, travelers streamed through the exterior doors of La Guardia Airport’s Terminal C. Some were bleary-eyed — most hefted briefcases — as they checked bags and made their way to the security screening lines. It was business as usual, until some approached
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsFacial Recognition, New York Times, Seattle Times, TSA
  • 2021-07-13

    Port Permanently Bans Facial Recognition, Other Biometrics for Law Enforcement and Mass Surveillance

    The ban limits biometrics uses for traveler functions, endorses federal moratorium legislation July 13, 2021             The Port of Seattle Commission voted today to permanently prohibit the use of biometric technology — including facial recognition — for law enforcement, security and mass surveillance purposes by the Port and any private-sector
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsBiometrics, Facial Recognition
  • 2019-12-11

    Sea-Tac is First Airport to Resist Federal Push for Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technologies

    Katherine Khashimova Long The Seattle Times (TNS) At least for now, controversial facial-recognition technology won’t be installed at boarding gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, making the airport the first in the country to resist the rollout of a federal biometric identification program. After hours of impassioned public comment Tuesday, much of it from people calling facial
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsAirports, Biometrics, Facial Recognition, Seattle Times, Security
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