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I feel like there's a big overlap between the tech crowd and privacy zealots. It's such a common sentiment here on HN (and on Slashdot before it), but in real life, I've never met a single person concerned about facial recognition at all. It's not that they are actively for or against it, they just don't waste any time thinking about it or discussing it. Many countries do this and nobody cares.

The last few times I've been through Schiphol those machines were turned off. I don't have a huge problem with the government doing the facial recognition. But recently I boarded a plane using facial recognition. How did the airline know who I was? Presumably they got the info from the government. But why is the government giving that info out?

> What's the issue, that it's a subcontractor?

For me, mostly yes. I simply don't trust companies enough to be OK with this level of data collection and intrusion.

If it were a government-run operation, I'd be less resistant to it. I'd still bristle about it, but I'd probably accept it.