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Delta's Fully Biometric Terminal Is the First In the US (engadget.com)
In what Delta is calling the first "biometric terminal" in the country, they will reportedly use facial recognition at check-in, security and boarding inside the international terminal at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Engadget reports: Passengers that want to use facial recognition can approach a kiosk in the lobby and click "Look," or approach a camera at the ticket counter, TSA checkpoint or when boarding. Once a green check mark flashes on the screen, they can proceed. Delta -- which plans to introduce fingerprint scanning to fold, too -- says passengers can use this system instead of the passports to get through these checkpoints, but you'll still need your passport for use in other non-biometric-equipped airports (although maybe one day we'll do away with passports altogether). Privacy advocates are concerned about the security risks present in facial scans, especially as it's an opt-out process. Others, however, say it makes air travel a more streamlined process.
For proof the thing is easily circumvented because no human is present.
Most catches aren't due to problems with the paperwork, but because humans are present who've learned to trust their gut feelings. Machines are gutless, so deserve to be circumvented.
Knowing Delta's mastery of established technology lets me look forward into a bright future with them embracing the spearhead of bleeding edge technology.
--signed, Oscar Muñoz, CEO United Airlines.
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what the fuck are u talking about
& other wasterious excessivities,, cease fire stand down..
fly for free?
Biometrics are dumb for security. Ultimately, they are even worse than passwords. When someone steals a few million irises from their database, the company can't send out a bulk email telling everyone to change their eyes.
>"Delta -- which plans to introduce fingerprint scanning to fold, too"
Not a fan of this at all, but would flatly refuse if the biometrics used tried to include fingerprints or DNA. Those are two HUGE no-no's- they are left all over the place and can be collected without your permission or knowledge. One is easy to fake and the other can reveal all kinds of information about you*. Iris is also not safe- it is observable from a distance and also fakeable.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If you must choose a biometric, make it either retina scan or deep vein palm scan. And even then, should only be used when absolutely essential.
I get the other comments that say biometrics are bad security (because they can't be changed when hacked).
Wikipedia tells me "The currently standardized biometrics used for this type of identification system are facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, and iris recognition. ... Only the digital image (usually in JPEG or JPEG2000 format) of each biometric feature is actually stored in the chip." And since chip here refers to a contactless RFID chip, your JPEGs could potentially be lifted without you even knowing.
The main reasoning is that it is expensive to fake a passport. But if these kiosks are not manned, what's to prevent a hacker to present any old device that mimics an RFID chip instead of the expected booklet with chip embedded?
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If they're doing this to passengers, they should definitely do this for employees and TSA agents. And maybe that one douche bag that works at Starbucks.
>> herpta derp Biometrics Terminal
"Who cares about planes taking off when you've got TOYS!" - Delta CEO
Given corporations' notorious attitude towards security as an afterthought, what happens when the inevitable intrusion occurs and a treasure trove of biometric data gets into the hands of some very bad actors. I think we are really in peak technology at this point and most new solutions aren't solving problems but are solutions looking for problems. I am going to stick to the old fashioned way of simply producing an ID and boarding pass. I can see the advantage of the mobile boarding pass and I do use that but we have recently hit the point where technology ceases to solve problems and may actually be creating more problems.
Looking at a nice Touring car now. Flying is over rated especially shorter distances.
You can drive from Austin to Dallas faster than you can fly when you time it from your front door to the hotel door.
Hell...just the recommend two hour early arrival at the airport gets you half way and more to Dallas.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
I agree with the other posters regarding privacy concerns, the inability of major corporations to keep their software secure and up to date, and their inability to protect customer information. But, and correct me if I'm wrong, isn't there an error factor with most versions of facial recognition software? Other news sources claim as high up to a 40 percent error rate.
...what my face looks like? Isn't that already public and not private?
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If some company or government wants to protect something of *no value to me* (ex. the border, the plane, their income, access to their service) using my biometrics then the consequences of mistakes or fraud are on them.
I mean, what if someone takes a trip pretending to be me? Worst case it's someone trying to frame me for something, but if I was specifically targeted for something then I'm screwed anyway. Once biometric fraud is commonplace I will be able to use that fact in my defense, and until then I'm unlikely to be the targeted person.
Where I absolutely draw the line is trying to force me to use biometrics to protect something of *value to me* (my bank account, getting a loan/mortgage, etc.).
Obviously there's a slippery slope from the former to the latter, but while we don't get a say in whether the former happens, we have a say in whether the latter happens and we should be vocal.
customer: so i have to pay to check a bag?
delta: yes, its just too expensive you know, fuel costs and all that.
customer: and the fuel surcharge from 2006?
delta: im afraid it has to stay, fuel might go up you know...
customer: and what about this 9/11 processing fee?
Delta, dragging an enormous kiosk: Freedom isnt free you know.
customer: Does that thing ever make a mistake?
Delta: Not as many as our customers.
Good people go to bed earlier.
MORE technology? Wasn't it just reported yesterday a computer glitch has shut down their flights for the 3rd time in as many years...? What could possibly go wrong adding in more technology to the mix?
You can check in AND get tased and hauled off before having to walk all the way to the gate!
Oh so free. kekeke
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How does a person opt out? Does anyone have a link?