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Me again. At an airport. Watching the masses line up for facial recognition scans like dutiful serfs.

You. Can. Opt. Out.

This is not to defend the government or support any disgusting measure like facial recognition to control the masses but maybe the way to opt out here is more complicated. The only reason why they can use the tech for facial recognition to compare you with your passport picture is because your face was already scanned when you applied for the passport. The biometrics of your face are already in the database that those machines are using. You could argue that you are training the recognition system, but it is already being trained with other cameras.

If you really wished to opt out you would need to wear some type of mask all of the time (I am not suggesting to do that) and you should travel only by car, train and ship.

If you go at the passport control with a police officer there is a camera there as well, collecting your biometrics in the exact same way. The only real difference is that the officer might ask you additional unpleasant questions.

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puddintaine2 2y ago

Awe…. Oh well now that you put it that way - that doesn’t sound so bad at all. But yeah, you’re not pro facial recognition. Yah, that’s the ticket! 🤦🏿

Cypher Rex 2y ago

It is very bad. In my humble opinion the only thing you can fight all of this is civil disobedience, set up your life in a way you do not have to pay taxes legally. Go to the country that treats you best, educate everyone you have a good relationship with to do the same and to use methods of exchange of goods and services that cut the government out. Depower the state. Avoiding the machine that scans your face when you are travelling is virtue signaling at best, because of the reasons I mentioned earlier.

puddintaine2 2y ago

Yes we must stay non-violent and express our disagreement thru the frown's on our faces AND if that fails we must leave everything - our homes and the country we love. It’s all we can do! I too cannot think of anything else! Oh and we can also avoid it while it’s still not required. Thats why im thinking about voting for billionaire grump, cuz he’ll just institute it and complain when the next guy mandates it. .

Cypher Rex 2y ago

I understand you are American, I also understand you are using sarcasm to somehow disagree with me. Which I think is worse then accepting reality and finding a way around problems. You seem to imply with your comments that you have a better way then mine to solve the troubles that governments worldwide are putting us through. Can you please elaborate what is your suggestion as to how we can free ourselves from the dystopian reality that is forming around us? I am open to change and improvement. If you also really cannot think of anything else, sarcasm and free advertisement of Trump will not help you, your country or anyone else.