Forumite@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agoWhy You Can (And Should) Opt Out Of TSA Facial Recognition Right Nowwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down14cross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.one
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minus-squareGoldenQuetzal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·5 days agoEvery time I opt out I am mysteriously pulled aside for a “randomized check.”
minus-squarewetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agoI opt out whenever I travel and I get random checks about 4/5 times now. I definitely don’t flag on this scale either.
minus-squareColloidal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoThat’s odd. I opted out and was met with no fuss whatsoever. Might have just been lucky.
minus-squareGoldenQuetzal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThat is lucky. It is every time for me, and I am pasty white.
minus-squareColloidal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoMight be the airport too. The one nearby the TSA agents are quite chill in comparison with others I’ve been to in the past.
Every time I opt out I am mysteriously pulled aside for a “randomized check.”
I opt out whenever I travel and I get random checks about 4/5 times now. I definitely don’t flag on this scale either.

That’s odd. I opted out and was met with no fuss whatsoever. Might have just been lucky.
That is lucky. It is every time for me, and I am pasty white.
Might be the airport too. The one nearby the TSA agents are quite chill in comparison with others I’ve been to in the past.