EXCLUSIVE: TSA Sends Facial Recognition Biometrics to DHS Before Deleting
TSA advertises its facial recognition technology program as secure and claims it’s not a surveillance program. TSA also claims after they confirm a traveler’s identity, the captured facial image is erased. Well that’s not 100% true.
TSA Press Secretary Robert Langston tells me, “in a limited testing environment, data is provided to DHS Science and Technology Directorate for evaluation of the effectiveness of the technology.”
TSA isn’t alone. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is also using facial recognition technology. Foreigners are mandated to have their images captured, while U.S. citizens can decline. On CBP’s website, they claims they are not saving the biometric data of “any” travelers. But after I examined several documents, I found a report that confirms they do save the biometrics of foreigners for up to 75 years.
Now it’s important to remember you CAN DECLINE. I highly recommend you decline. Declining is easy. They just have to scan your boarding pass and check your ID. If the TSA/CBP agent gives you a hard time, ask for a supervisor.
I broke this story exclusive on Louder with Crowder. WATCH BY CLICKING HERE!
I also detailed my report on The War Room with Owen Shoryer:
I was scanned a few months ago. I saw on a sign that it was voluntary. We I stepped up to the desk, I told the TSA guy I declined to be scanned. He said, Too late. I already did it. I should have called for his supervisor but my wife was eager to get through. I just gave him a cold stare and did a slow burn. I have no doubt even domestic travelers’ scans are being kept in a database. My IPhone has a facial ID program I use. I’m sure that data is sold to the government too.
05/15/24: It's always good to put these things in writing, Breanna. Words evaporate. Video tape expires.