TSA TOUCHLESS ID WILL PUT CLEAR OUT OF BUSINESS I just experienced the new TSA Touchless ID checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and
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American Shipper
Post Date
05/06/2024
TSA Touchless ID: My First Experience When I checked in for my United Airlines flight up to Seattle yesterday, I was asked if I wanted to opt-in to ?SA Touchless ID.?I said yes, but (at that point) was not even sure what it was. A green head showed up next to the PreCheck logo on my digital boarding pass: When I got to LAX, I walked up the CLEAR kiosks, as I always do, and found a line of three people in front of me. A CLEAR agent walked up and scanned my boarding pass. She stopped for a moment and then said, ?ou have Touchless ID. It will be faster if you go over there [pointing to a special lane next to the PreCheck lane].?
I said thank you and walked over. An airport agent verified my boarding pass to ensure I was in the proper line, then told me to walk through. I walked up to the TSA agent and stopped, staring into the camera. A few seconds later, he told me, ?o ahead. You?e good to go.?
It was that easy! No boarding pass. No ID. In other words, this will put CLEAR out of business if it becomes more widespread becuase it is so much more efficient than having your eyes scanned or fingerprints taken, then boarding pass scanned, then having to show it to an airport TSA officer. What is TSA Touchless ID exactly? TSA is using facial identification to verify a passenger? identity at its security checkpoints using the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Traveler Verification Service (TVS), which s a secure biometric template of a passenger? live facial image taken at the checkpoint and matches it against a gallery of templates of pre-staged photos that the passenger previously provided to the government (e.g., U.S. Passport or Visa). Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of US Senators has urged caution on this program. The potential for misuse of this technology exts far beyond airport security checkpoints. Once Americans become accustomed to government facial recognition scans, it will be that much easier for the government to scan citizens?faces everywhere, from entry into government buildings to passive surveillance on public property like parks, schools, and sidewalks.
I think those concerns are valid, though I also think the ship has sailed in terms of privacy. In any case, it was a very easy breeze through security yesterday.
