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Boarding passes and check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

using their face for verification

And here is where they underestimate how belligerent people can be.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 17 points 1 day ago

Then twins walk into the airport and the system crashes.

And facial recognition has been known to fail with very dark skin so that'll turn into a racial issue real quick.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't like SovCits, but I wish 50% of people who travel by plane were SovCits. We'll see how quickly these are rolled back.

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Uncle Tony on you tube likened air travel to jail… and I can’t shake it… I feel like a prisoner everytime I fly and HATE IT