According to Fast Company, based on the success and preliminary results of its pilot program, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intends to roll out facial recognition at security checkpoints at 400 more airports in the coming years. Undoubtedly, this program is controversial.
Critics of the program have long argued that it violates people’s privacy rights and that TSA unfairly pressures people to participate.
According to the TSA, the pilot program is already running at 25 airports in the U.S. with a 97 percent success rate.
Advocates claim it raises the bar for airport security.
“TSA doing its own testing and not releasing the results publicly calls into question the
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