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>For its part, DHS says that airport face scans are designed to verify the identities of travelers as they leave the country and stop impostors traveling under

>For its part, DHS says that airport face scans are designed to verify the identities of travelers as they leave the country and stop impostors traveling under someone else’s identity." And yet you already have to show an ID and a boarding pass to a DHS agent as part of security in order to get to the gate in the first place. If only those clowns could focus on making the absurd bit of theater they currently have even just the slightest bit more efficient.

iak8god 9y ago
> If only those clowns could focus on making the absurd bit of theater they currently have even just the slightest bit more efficient. Maybe efficiency is not the goal. Cui bono? We got all those nifty body scanners in part because Michael Chertoff, right after serving as director of DHS, went around promoting scanners on behalf of his consulting client, body scanner manufacturer Rapiscan[1]. [1] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/airport-scanner-scam/ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/airport-scanner-...
- mLuby 9y ago
  Follow the money…