It’s an illusion perpetuated by passive compliance. Simply say no thank you, actually today I said “l’m good, don’t need that, you can turn the camera off”….Well, son-of-a-bitch, he looked at my ID and waived me through.
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I fell for that shit in 2015 at LAX airport. I refused to stick my face in the machine for over two hours - and they refused to let me proceed to leave the airport. I finally gave in just get home after a long vacation and a long flight. I "Big Time" regret it now. I'm pretty sure the machine did facial recognition and retina mapping as well.
Retinal scan needs you to put your eye close to the camera and have the retina illuminated, you'd know if you were retinal scanned. Iris scanning is easier, and facial can be done at quite a distance now, even with moving faces partly covered.
As I mentioned - tired and at wit's end - and , it was a while ago. The machines scanned retina's. ( hazy recollection ) It has bothered me ever since. Another one was when i was riding my "Street Licensed" ( and insured ) dirt bike down a rural road. A cop passed me going the other way. He flipped a bitch and pulled me over. His Claim was that SOMEONE called in about dirt bikers ripping up the open hills. I was in street clothes / sneakers - and told him he had the wrong guy. Cop demanded my papers ( ID / Drivers Lic ) I repeatedly told him that i have broken no laws. We went round and round for over an hour , before I finally gave up just to move on , and get home. I fucken hate people who work for the Government - more than I hate the Government.
Yeah man, some have a real enforcer authority complex, they will even break the law and violate your rights. Gotta keep your head.