money TSA expands facial recognition program at major airports ahead of nationwide rollout
As more people are booking flights, the Transportation Security Administration is expanding its facial recognition program.
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The program started at the peak of the pandemic.
Photos: TSA expands facial recognition program at major airports ahead of nationwide rollout
Now, the agency is expanding the program to more than a dozen different airports.
The latest additions are Denver, Las Vegas, Dallas Fort-Worth, and Atlanta.
They are some of the nation’s busiest airports.
The TSA said this is the next step before a nationwide rollout.
“We’re assessing how the technology works and we’re assessing its accuracy, we’re assessing its impact on passengers,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske.
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The program would be the largest federal use of facial data ever.
Not everyone is happy about it.
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TSA officials say the agency destroys most images immediately and secures the data from cyberattacks.
Passengers can opt out of the program and have an agent confirm their ID manually.
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