U.S. homeland security proposes face scans for citizens

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. DECEMBER 2, 2019 / 6:53 PM / UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO

U.S. homeland security proposes face scans for citizens

Ted Hesson
3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration intends to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers - including U.S. citizens - to be photographed when entering or leaving the United States, according to the administration’s regulatory agenda.

The proposed regulation, slated to be issued in July by the Homeland Security Department, would be part of a broader system to track travelers as they enter and exit the United States.

The plan has already drawn opposition from some privacy advocates. Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union, blasted the idea in a written statement on Monday.

“Travelers, including U.S. citizens, should not have to submit to invasive biometric scans simply as a condition of exercising their constitutional right to travel,” he said.

The Trump administration contends in its regulatory agenda that the face scan requirement will combat the fraudulent use of U.S. travel documents and aid the identification of criminals and suspected terrorists.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-privacy/u-s-homeland-security-proposes-face-scans-for-citizens-idUSKBN1Y62JO

[Sherman A1]

1. Oh

Hell No!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. The "trump administration" can kiss my ass

It's getting about time to hold him down, shave his head and start looking for sixes.

[benld74]

3. Hong Kong protesters already figured

A means to defeat
Hats that have screens of the same human face but allow wearers to see.
We’re not close to Hong Kong
Yet

[genxlib]

4. Are we to believe

That we aren’t already being recorded with dozens of camera whenever we go through border security?

Maybe I am cynical but I am surprised that this is not already in place. The only difference would be compliance requirements (ie take off your sunglasses and look at this camera versus being captured surreptitiously)

It sucks but I think it is inevitable at some level

[Eugene]

6. Coming in, yes. Only visitors get a the intensive check going out.

The rationale after 9/11 was to track foreign nationals as they entered and left U.S. soil.

U.S. citizens arriving by air already check in at automated kiosks, which scan their passports and their faces (not hats, sunglasses, etc.) The kiosk spits out a ticket with grainy image, which you take to the CPB officer for the final immigration check.

One of the original ideas was to verify that people boarding airplanes were who they said they were. Now, the mission creep now proposes adding movements of suspicious people. What's next, a Chinese-style social credit system?

[Crazyleftie]

5. I will need to get a hollywood make up artist

when I travel.