[vlucas]

The phrase "people will not just [...]" comes to mind here.

The amount of people that let the TSA take a scan of their face when going through airport security - even when the signage clearly says you can opt out - proves that this effort, while noble, will fail.

I (and the family members I am with) always opt-out, but every time I look around, I am the only one doing it. If I had to guess, I'd put a compliance figure somewhere around 98%+.

Here is a good article on it: https://medium.com/womenintechnology/you-can-and-should-opt-...

[huehehue]

Good heavens, the comments on that article make me want to vomit:

"Thanks to people with your mindset our streets and borders are not as safe as they should be."

This option is made freely available to passengers, but by choosing it you're signaling that you hate your country and public safety? It's no wonder people are scared to push back on invasive and discriminatory practices.

[deeteecee]

The signage is not clear and also, you're directly faced in an environment that's not friendly so yeah, it will fail.

[vlucas]

I just say "no, I am opting out" and that's the end of it. They literally don't care.

[jupr]

I found the signs to be hard to find and poorly placed.

But since I knew about it before traveling, I just said no photo please and it was pretty frictionless.

The people behind me did not even realize you could say no, and no one really wants to be late for their flight.

Make the sign bigger. Its not a good test in my view.

[trollbridge]

The TSA already knows what your face looks like, though.

[vlucas]

They have photos, but not a voluntary full face scan.