TheCount
07-12-2017, 05:52 PM
If the Trump administration gets its way, all Americans boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state.
The Department of Homeland Security says it's the only way to successfully expand a program that tracks nonimmigrant foreigners. They have been required by law since 2004 to submit biometric identity scans - but to date have only had their fingerprints and photos collected prior to entry.
Now, DHS says it's finally ready to implement face scans on departure - aimed mainly at better tracking visa overstays but also at tightening security. But, the agency says, U.S. citizens must also be scanned for the program to work.
http://www.kwwl.com/story/35868758/face-scans-for-us-citizens-flying-abroad-stir-privacy-issues
I'm feeling safer already. Thank goodness the government is here to protect me from those damn foreigners.
The Department of Homeland Security says it's the only way to successfully expand a program that tracks nonimmigrant foreigners. They have been required by law since 2004 to submit biometric identity scans - but to date have only had their fingerprints and photos collected prior to entry.
Now, DHS says it's finally ready to implement face scans on departure - aimed mainly at better tracking visa overstays but also at tightening security. But, the agency says, U.S. citizens must also be scanned for the program to work.
http://www.kwwl.com/story/35868758/face-scans-for-us-citizens-flying-abroad-stir-privacy-issues
I'm feeling safer already. Thank goodness the government is here to protect me from those damn foreigners.