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US border protection used facial recognition on 23 million travelers in 2020
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2730" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/us-border-patrol-used-facial-recognition-on-23-million-travelers-in-2020/" target="_blank"><strong>US border protection used facial recognition on 23 million travelers in 2020 - CNET</strong></a></p><p></p><p>US Customs and Border Protection used <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tags/facial-recognition/" target="_blank">facial recognition</a> technology on more than 23 million travelers in 2020, according to a <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Feb/CBP-FY2020-Trade-and-Travel-Report.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> published by the agency. That's up from the 19 million travelers CBP scanned with the tech <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2020-Jan/CBP%20FY2019%20Trade%20and%20Travel%20Report.pdf" target="_blank">in 2019</a>.</p><p></p><p>The biometric facial scans had a match rate of more than 97% last year, CBP said. The agency also noted that since 2018, officers have identified seven imposters at US airports and 285 imposters in land pedestrian settings. </p><p></p><p>Critics of facial recognition technology have <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/facial-recognition-can-speed-you-through-airport-security-but-theres-a-cost/" target="_blank">expressed several concerns</a> with using it at airports. This includes the tradeoff between giving up your identity and privacy to zip through <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tags/security/" target="_blank">security</a>, and the fact that research has shown facial recognition algorithms have <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/why-facial-recognitions-racial-bias-problem-is-so-hard-to-crack/" target="_blank">error rates that vary depending on a person's race or gender</a>, meaning some groups could face extra screening more often than others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2730, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/us-border-patrol-used-facial-recognition-on-23-million-travelers-in-2020/'][B]US border protection used facial recognition on 23 million travelers in 2020 - CNET[/B][/URL] US Customs and Border Protection used [URL='https://www.cnet.com/tags/facial-recognition/']facial recognition[/URL] technology on more than 23 million travelers in 2020, according to a [URL='https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Feb/CBP-FY2020-Trade-and-Travel-Report.pdf']report[/URL] published by the agency. That's up from the 19 million travelers CBP scanned with the tech [URL='https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2020-Jan/CBP%20FY2019%20Trade%20and%20Travel%20Report.pdf']in 2019[/URL]. The biometric facial scans had a match rate of more than 97% last year, CBP said. The agency also noted that since 2018, officers have identified seven imposters at US airports and 285 imposters in land pedestrian settings. Critics of facial recognition technology have [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/facial-recognition-can-speed-you-through-airport-security-but-theres-a-cost/']expressed several concerns[/URL] with using it at airports. This includes the tradeoff between giving up your identity and privacy to zip through [URL='https://www.cnet.com/tags/security/']security[/URL], and the fact that research has shown facial recognition algorithms have [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/why-facial-recognitions-racial-bias-problem-is-so-hard-to-crack/']error rates that vary depending on a person's race or gender[/URL], meaning some groups could face extra screening more often than others. [/QUOTE]
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