Two U.S. senators urged federal authorities to stop the planned expansion of a $1 billion airport facial scanning program. According to Reuters, Senators Mike Lee, a Republican, and Ed Markey, a Democrat, have expressed concerns that the technology may not be not accurate enough and...
September 26, 2018
A new report revealed that Homeland Security’s face scanning airport security program is facing “technical and operational challenges” and might not be ready to launch nationwide by its estimated completion in 2021. Homeland Security’s inspector general said that while Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making “considerable progress” in launching the airport scanning facial recognition […]
December 22, 2017
Two U.S. senators urged federal authorities to stop the planned expansion of a $1 billion airport facial scanning program. According to Reuters, Senators Mike Lee, a Republican, and Ed Markey,...