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Yes I think there's a ton of potential benefit for facial recognition in terms of streamlining processes which require a lot of ID checks, like air travel, but
by skohan 8y ago
Yes I think there's a ton of potential benefit for facial recognition in terms of streamlining processes which require a lot of ID checks, like air travel, but I would only be OK with it if they implemented it within some parameters which should be enforced with regulation:
- The identification step should be completely anonymized. I.e. the facial recognition step is completely black-box. When I buy my ticket, I submit a photo, and a token is produced which is shared with the airline, and they can compare this token with one which is produced when I show my face at checkin. Like with password storage, even if the facial recognition dataset were somehow compromised, it should not give attackers a way to link my face with my identity. And it should not be possible to type in my name and get to pictures of my face.
- The dataset used to identify me should have a finite lifetime (i.e. from when I check in until the plane takes off) and should be verifiably destroyed afterwards.
- It should be possible to possible to opt-out and identify myself by other means.
- alkonaut 8y agoI don't think the big issue is the identity change between ticket purchase and checkin, but between checkin and boarding. I.e. no photo is needed when buying ticket. At the checkin step you show your face. When boarding you verify it. Otherwise, I agree with what you said. This type of biometric check of "the person dropping the bag is the person boarding" has been in use for more than a decade e.g. on Scandinavian, and I think it's basically fine if they use temporary and secure data storage. The biometric verification didn't take place at all if you didn't check in a bag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines#Fingerprint_biometric_identification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines#Fingerpr...
- skohan 8y agoSomehow I would trust Scandinavians to handle this better than, say, the US or the UK. Those societies seem to have a better ethic around the public good than others.