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> In the future, TSA will be able to use TSA Pre® enrolled facial images for matching…. Moving forward, TSA Pre® will increase its access to and utilization of

> In the future, TSA will be able to use TSA Pre® enrolled facial images for matching…. Moving forward, TSA Pre® will increase its access to and utilization of voluntarily-provided biometric data, including facial images, to modernize the trusted traveler experience for TSA Pre® travelers. Wait wait, so let's use biometrics on people we already trust! I mean, not that TSA Pre-check is hard to get (airlines include it free for their best travelers after all) but give me a break government - you've already said these people are a-ok, so there's no point in this silliness.

komali2 8y ago
Holy shit my partner and I were so close to pulling the trigger on precheck before this news came out. Very glad we didn't. How does this work in terms of consent? Was there some tiny line of text I didn't see that allows TSA to go through with this?
- poulsbohemian 8y ago
  Actually, unless I'm missing something, what they are saying here comes in two parts: 1) You now have to include a photo, same as you would for a passport. 2) They will have photo lines for TSA where they recognize you from these photos, nominally to help make the lines faster. So on one hand... you already have to provide a photo for a passport, so this is just bringing TSA Pre-Check into balance with that. But, on the other... could government waste anymore of my tax dollars? I mean - they already "trust" the people who receive pre-check AND the lines are never that long. So it's just more silliness.
pishpash 8y ago
But they need to know you are you ... to know you are trusted.
pdonis 8y ago
> let's use biometrics on people we already trust! The biometrics would eventually replace the ID check you have to go through now. People who are "trusted" don't get to just walk to their airplane today.
A2017U1 8y ago
What happens if every single person pays for pre-check? Wouldn't the lines be just as long?

komali2 8y ago

Holy shit my partner and I were so close to pulling the trigger on precheck before this news came out. Very glad we didn't. How does this work in terms of consent? Was there some tiny line of text I didn't see that allows TSA to go through with this?

poulsbohemian 8y ago
Actually, unless I'm missing something, what they are saying here comes in two parts: 1) You now have to include a photo, same as you would for a passport. 2) They will have photo lines for TSA where they recognize you from these photos, nominally to help make the lines faster. So on one hand... you already have to provide a photo for a passport, so this is just bringing TSA Pre-Check into balance with that. But, on the other... could government waste anymore of my tax dollars? I mean - they already "trust" the people who receive pre-check AND the lines are never that long. So it's just more silliness.

pishpash 8y ago

But they need to know you are you ... to know you are trusted.

pdonis 8y ago

> let's use biometrics on people we already trust! The biometrics would eventually replace the ID check you have to go through now. People who are "trusted" don't get to just walk to their airplane today.

A2017U1 8y ago

What happens if every single person pays for pre-check? Wouldn't the lines be just as long?