Facial Recognition Hits the Airport Project 2022

FACIAL
RECOGNITION HITS
THE AIRPORT

Contents
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 3
MAIN BODY................................................................................................................. 3
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................. 4
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................. 5

INTRODUCTION
With the advancement in the technology, new devices and inventions are developed by
human beings in order to ease the lifestyle of people. Facial recognition technology is also a
newly developed technology in which the human face is recognized by the machines by using
biometric and facial features. This technology is rapidly changing the human lives and is
currently used in mobile phones. This project will discuss the privacy issues of facial recognition
technology along with the comparison of Apple and US airports in utilizing the facial recognition
technology.
MAIN BODY
(1) Do you think it is an invasion of privacy to have facial recognition scans at airport
security?
The number of air travel passengers is growing at huge scale due to which facial
recognition technology has been started on airports. This technology has been proved efficient
and effective in some airports of United States. Through the facial recognition, the procedures of
checking boarding pass, passports, check in have reduced along with the time. However
implementation of such type of technology at the airports also started to cause privacy concerns
for the passengers (Face is the boarding pass that’s problem, 2019). TSA is using the facial
recognition technology for accessing the information of passport and other documents which
people are afraid that can be sold to any firm or person. The digital data servers can be hacked
with some efforts and there are several cases noted of the facial recognition. Such incidents are
proof that data saved digitally can be hacked and utilized without even the acknowledgment of
the person whose data is saved.
(2) Is offering an ability to opt out a sufficient alternative?
Several US firms such as JetBlue are using the facial recognition technology for
verification instead of scanning the boarding pass and passport. This technology is quite time
efficient but people who are having security concerns can opt out anytime during the verification
process. This is the sufficient alternative for the passengers but after utilizing this alternative, the