Total Surveillance Society

TSA has been using cameras as a screening tool at security checkpoints, but it has been optional at this point. This will change soon when it becomes mandatory. Worse, TSA thinks it would be a good idea to outsource the whole thing to private companies. The hurdles are many and complicated, but as one industry executive says, “I think biometrics is the solution for that.” But your face is just the beginning of the data collection process at security check-in. Who will own that data?