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I also can't see the tracking difference between a human verifying your identity and entering that into a database and a computer verifying your identity and entering that into a database.

But it's still a valid concern as to whether or not this new system is at least as secure and privacy-respecting as the old one.

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mistercheph 4 days ago | parent [-]

Automation and scale? You can't imagine how technology that allows a small number of people to automatically surveil billions of people can enable horrors that would be more difficult if you needed to use a labor force of hundreds of thousands of humans?

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0x457 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

What that has to do with TSA Checkpoint at the airport? How many people go to through that checkpoint isn't dictated by how automated it is - it's dictated by how many people are flying.

All this thing does it speeds up process of you getting through TSA.

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EasyMark 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

No faster than having a human hold up your id and compare it, plus now you don’t have yet another digital copy of your face floating around for the police state.

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kelnos 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It doesn't, though. I haven't seen shorter lines or faster-moving lines at SFO, for example, since they implemented facial recognition. And it seems like they have the same number of people staffing the ID checkpoint as they did before as well.

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0x457 3 days ago | parent [-]

Well, I've seen faster lines in LAX, so YMMV?

	▲	beej71 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		We need more real data. Last time I went through security at SFO there were no other passengers there.

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beej71 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't disagree, but installing face scanners at the same location humans do face scanning and using them the same as they used the humans is not the same as mass surveillance.