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So how does this work for international travelers? Presumably the US government does not have the entire world's passport photos? Or do they...? Pretty worryi

So how does this work for international travelers? Presumably the US government does not have the entire world's passport photos? Or do they...? Pretty worrying if so ... time for some GDPR requests maybe ... I think at Gatwick in the UK they have a similar system where they take a photo of you as you enter security and it is then checked again at the gate. It does not work well if you are wearing glasses. I wonder if some certain styles of eye wear would make facial recognition significantly ineffective? Highly unsymmetrical with lenses opaque to IR etc.

ehnto 8y ago
There have been movements in fashion already that are trying to combat facial recognition with clothing, makeup and accessories. I always imagined that was why cyberpunk characters tended to dress their faces so bizarrely. Kind of like kids hiding beneath their hoodies.
blahedo 8y ago
They have the passport photos from all US passports, plus all non-US people who have entered the country through a legal port of entry. That should cover everyone who's flying out of the country, right?
- mirimir 8y ago
  Sure. Except for those who entered illegally. But I'm not sure how far they'd get even now. I'm guessing that checks on do-not-fly etc lists might already flag hem.