As possible record-setting crowds fill airports nationwide, passengers may encounter new technology at TSA checkpoints.
This comes as the TSA and other divisions of Homeland Security are under pressure from lawmakers to update technology and cybersecurity.
At the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, the TSA checkpoint uses a facial recognition camera system to compare a flyer's face to the picture on their ID in seconds. If there's not a match, the TSA officer is alerted for further review. The program has been rolled out to more than two dozen airports nationwide since 2020 and the TSA plans to add the technology, which is currently voluntary for flyers, to at least three more airports by the end of the year."You don't have to compromise people's biometric security in order to provide physical security at airports," said Sen. Ed Markey."I want to deploy technology that's accurate and doesn't disadvantage anybody," he said.
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