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How to Opt out of TSA Facial Recognition
13.03.2024 - 19:41 / smartertravel.com / John F.Kennedy / Luis Muñoz Marín
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been rolling out facial recognition technology at airports across the United States over the past few years. Billed as a “touchless screening” process, the technology allows flyers to pass through airport security without showing an ID or boarding pass. Instead, facial recognition technology is used to verify travelers’ identities by matching their faces to the photo on their government-issued ID.
For now, participation in facial recognition technology is completely voluntary. Here’s how you can opt-out.
Which Airports Use Facial Recognition Technology?
The TSA has been testing facial recognition technology at numerous airports in the United States over the past year and plans to roll it out at many more locations in the near future.
These are the airports where you can expect to see facial recognition technology in use:
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Des Moines International Airport (DSM)
- Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)
- Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT)
- Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Honolulu Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
- Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
- Miami International Airport (MIA)
- Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)
- Nashville International Airport (BNA)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- Richmond International Airport (RIC)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)
How is Facial Recognition Used at Airports?
Passengers being screened with facial recognition technology will not have to show their identification or ticket in order to pass through security.
Instead, updated passenger identification scanners utilize biometric cameras capable of facial recognition. These devices match a traveler’s face to their driver’s license or passport photo along with any other photos the government may have on file, and automatically verifies that they are a ticketed airline passenger.
How to Opt out of TSA Facial Recognition
The TSA’s official policy states, “Travelers who do not wish to participate in the facial recognition technology process may decline the optional photo in favor of
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