Daines Warns Against Unchecked Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Airports Nationwide

• November 21, 2024

Senator Steve Daines joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging a thorough investigation into the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) unchecked and expanding use of facial recognition in airports across the United States.

"We urge you to conduct thorough oversight of the Transportation Security Administration's ("TSA") use of facial recognition technology for passenger verification from both an authorities and privacy perspective. This technology will soon be in use at hundreds of major and mid-size airports without an independent evaluation of the technology's precision or an audit of whether there are sufficient safeguards in place to protect passenger privacy," the senators wrote.

Read the text of the letter HERE.