Facial recognition and a ‘journey pass’ stored on passengers’ phones are part of UN-backed plans to digitise air transport (www.theguardian.com)
from merde@sh.itjust.works to privacy@lemmy.ml on 11 Apr 20:12
https://sh.itjust.works/post/35947016

Passengers will also be able to upload their passports to their phone and travel through airports using their face for verification. Instead of manually checking in, which would let airlines know who intends to board their flights, airlines will instead be alerted when passengers arrive at the airport and their face is scanned.

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solrize@lemmy.world on 11 Apr 20:21 next collapse

Doggone US carriers for shutting down the 3g network. I’d love to see the TSA goons try to install their crap in my old Maemo phone.

myself@lemmy.ml on 12 Apr 22:23 collapse

“Sorry can’t let you enter without it, I don’t know what you’re supposed to do. Not my problem. See ya”

Delzur@vegantheoryclub.org on 13 Apr 00:37 next collapse

What a fucking nightmare. And probably just a first step.

EngineerGaming@feddit.nl on 13 Apr 08:59 collapse

Try that on my degoogled phone

hamburger@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Apr 12:06 collapse

Then you won’t be able to fly. Easy as that.