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When you fly into HKG - they pretty forcefully make you take off any confusing items that obscure your face (specifically hats) when walking away from your gate

When you fly into HKG - they pretty forcefully make you take off any confusing items that obscure your face (specifically hats) when walking away from your gate. Pretty obvious what they're doing.

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FRex 9y ago
Are you sure? I was made to take off my fish fur ushanka once on an European airport even though it had no metal in it and didn't cover my face, they were just overzealous (and it only happened once out of 3-6 checks in airports I wore it through). Also - how forcefully? Just asking firmly or taking your things off? And what about religious hats, like the Sikh headwraps?
- joelrunyon 9y ago
  They will stop you and wait for you to take it off. I haven't had them make me do it, but I wouldn't be surprised if you put up a fight.
robryk 9y ago
I remember something similar in Taiwan in 2008. The ostensible reason was that they want to have a thermal camera pointed at people's faces so that they can see if someone has a fever. I don't expect that face recognition was the real reason at that time. Also, what do they do with people wearing lots of makeup?
- overlordalex 9y ago
  International arrivals in South Africa have the thermal camera - the line before they check your passport funnels you past the camera (whose screen is visible). If you come up "hot" then a separate immigration officer pulls you aside for a more in-depth questioning. These cameras first went up around the time the H1N1 swine flu was making headlines, and then just never came down. Since everyone is made to present their faces head-on, without glasses/masks, it would be trivial for the government to simply siphon off the data.
- ajdlinux 9y ago
  I remember seeing thermal cameras in HKG when I went there in 2005, in the aftermath of SARS.
andex 9y ago
those are sensors for measuring forehead temperature to detect visitors having a fever fever; part of the post SARS measures. http://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/en/boundarycontrol.htm http://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/en/boundarycontrol.htm having said that, the immigration department recently launched the opt-in self-check-in with facial recognition though

When you fly into HKG - they pretty forcefully make you take off any confusing items that obscure your face (specifically hats) when walking away from your gate. Pretty obvious what they're doing.

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FRex 9y ago

Are you sure? I was made to take off my fish fur ushanka once on an European airport even though it had no metal in it and didn't cover my face, they were just overzealous (and it only happened once out of 3-6 checks in airports I wore it through). Also - how forcefully? Just asking firmly or taking your things off? And what about religious hats, like the Sikh headwraps?

joelrunyon 9y ago
They will stop you and wait for you to take it off. I haven't had them make me do it, but I wouldn't be surprised if you put up a fight.

robryk 9y ago

I remember something similar in Taiwan in 2008. The ostensible reason was that they want to have a thermal camera pointed at people's faces so that they can see if someone has a fever. I don't expect that face recognition was the real reason at that time. Also, what do they do with people wearing lots of makeup?

overlordalex 9y ago
International arrivals in South Africa have the thermal camera - the line before they check your passport funnels you past the camera (whose screen is visible). If you come up "hot" then a separate immigration officer pulls you aside for a more in-depth questioning. These cameras first went up around the time the H1N1 swine flu was making headlines, and then just never came down. Since everyone is made to present their faces head-on, without glasses/masks, it would be trivial for the government to simply siphon off the data.
ajdlinux 9y ago
I remember seeing thermal cameras in HKG when I went there in 2005, in the aftermath of SARS.

andex 9y ago

those are sensors for measuring forehead temperature to detect visitors having a fever fever; part of the post SARS measures. http://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/en/boundarycontrol.htm http://www.info.gov.hk/info/sars/en/boundarycontrol.htm having said that, the immigration department recently launched the opt-in self-check-in with facial recognition though