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!!! Overview[1]
[{$pagename}] refers to the [Identification] or [Verification] a [Natural Person] from a digital [image] or a [video] frame from a video source and finding a match for the [Physiological Characteristic] [biometric data] based on the mathematical [pattern-recognition] between two digital images or a video frames.
One of the ways to do this is by comparing selected facial features from the image and a facial [data Store|DataStore].
[{$pagename}] is typically used in security systems and can be compared to other [biometrics|Biometric data] such as [fingerprint recognition] or eye [iris recognition] systems.
Recently, [{$pagename}] has also become popular as a commercial identification and marketing tool.
!! Your Face is Your Boarding Pass
[{$pagename}] scanners are already at more than a dozen [United States] airports.
The use of [{$pagename}] in [United States] airports has been spearheaded by [United States Customs and Border Protection], part of the [United States Department of Homeland Security], which has been testing these systems as part of its “Biometric Exit” program since [2015|Year].
“Since its inception, over two [million] passengers on over 15,000 [airline] flights have used the technology on exit,” the agency boasted earlier this month.
The initiative scans the faces of passengers taking international flights out of the [United States] and matches them to identity [photos] the [CBP] has on file.
By the end of [2021|Year 2021], [CBP] has been given the goal of scanning the faces of passengers on 16,300 [airlines] flights per week.
In [2019|Year 2019] the [United States Department of Homeland Security] said it plans to scan the faces of “over 97 percent” of departing international passengers by [2023|Year 2032]. While [CBP] has said it will only keep facial exit scans for a maximum of 14 days, the rules for partner airlines are vaguer. Speaking to the New York Times last summer, a [CBP] official said that while he doubted [airlines] would want to keep fliers’ [biometric data], "it would really be up to them."
[United States Customs and Border Protection] uses the [Traveler Verification Service].!! [{$pagename}] [Privacy Considerations]
[{$pagename}] raised many [Privacy Considerations]. [{$pagename}] is non-[Discrimination] as it is not concerned with [Ageism], [Race], [Poverty] or "Guilty" and can (and will) be used for [Government Surveillance]!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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* [#1] - [Facial_recognition_system|Wikipedia:Facial_recognition_system|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-07-11-
* [#2] - [What Your Airline Won't Tell You About Those Creepy Airport Face Scanners|https://gizmodo.com/what-your-airline-wont-tell-you-about-those-creepy-airp-1834218228|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-04-24
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