Thread: Biometric Checkpoints in Trump’s America

There should be no DNA testing except for an investigation of a murder, first degree rape and terrorism. There should be no storage of the data unless and until there's a trial.

Originally Posted by Judy

There should be no DNA testing except for an investigation of a murder, first degree rape and terrorism. There should be no storage of the data unless and until there's a trial.

It is not a small distinction to make between "testing" DNA and just sampling DNA for purposes of identification.

I am opposed to universal testing of DNA by the government. But I have no objections to the government collecting DNA for purposes of identification only.

The problem is how do you avoid blurring the difference between testing and simple identification? Every part of your DNA performs some function, which is unlike taking a retinal ID which has no reflection on the functioning of the eye. Or fingerprints where the differences have no role in the function of the fingers.

It's rather like websites like Facebook legally obliged to protect your privacy. The only thing that determines that is some lawyer. There is nothing to prevent Facebook from violating your privacy except for the threats of lawsuits. And who is going to do that? Physically, your information sits on Facebook computers and really, there is nothing to prevent Facebook from violating your privacy.

TSA to Test Fingerprint Technology to Obtain Identity, Info

Border facial recognition test program

CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Technology to Chicago O’Hare International Airport

By KRIS VAN CLEAVE CBS NEWS December 28, 2017, 6:49 PM

Airlines testing technology to replace boarding passes

ARLINGTON, V.A. - With more than 2 million people per day moving through the nation's airports, airlines are testing new technology to improve security and speed up the boarding process. That includes new biometric technology that could mean boarding a plane with just your face.

Airlines like JetBlue are trying out facial recognition technology

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CBS News saw one JetBlue flight from Boston to Aruba with passengers who were allowed to get on the plane without a boarding pass.

"It amazes me," said one passenger on the flight. "Every year things change. It just amazes me, the technology."

In seconds, facial recognition technology can compare a picture taken at the gate against the flier's passport picture stored in a government database.

Delta is testing the technology in New York and Atlanta, as well as a facial recognition bag-drop in Minneapolis. It's part of a larger effort to allow passengers to navigate the airport with just their faces and fingerprints.

"Marrying all of the technologies at each of the steps in the travel ribbon is a game changer for the experience," said Gareth Joyce, senior vice president of airport customer service and president of cargo at Delta. "You can literally go from, you know, curb to plane without having to interact with a human being if you so desire."

Clear is one option used at airports to cut down on long security lines

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There's also Clear, a private company that stores and verifies customers' biometrics, allowing fliers to go to the front of the security line at 24 airports nationwide.

But a new report questions if it's legal for the government to use facial recognition on American citizens. Two senators are asking Customs and Border Protection to halt expansion of the testing amid security concerns.

"As we consolidate biometric data into big databases and we use it more and more, those databases will become targets, and the risk of data breach increases greatly," said Jeramie Scott, with the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

The Transportation Security Administration is testing fingerprint verification at checkpoints in at least two airports, and at Reagan National, certain Delta flyers can already use their fingerprint as their boarding pass.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airline...arding-passes/

I am totally opposed to all of this "ID" technology. It's ridiculous. They aren't doing this to track immigrants, they're doing this to track the American People. We aren't enforcing visas because until Trump was elected no one in the powers that be wanted them to leave, the same reason we don't secure our borders or deport illegal aliens. The visa-overstay problem doesn't exist because of a lack of technology, it's a lack of will to enforce immigration law. Their passports and visas are all they need to verify who they are, same as any photo ID. We don't have this problem because of their "IDs", we have this problem because no one follows up to make sure they left the country.