New TSA security tech raises concern about the potential of misidentifying minority travelers

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New TSA security tech raises concern about the potential of misidentifying minority travelers
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The future of airport security is getting more high-tech as the TSA continues testing a system that scans your face during screening.

were up to 100 times more likely to be misidentified than white people, depending on the algorithm and the search.

Grother is one of the computer scientists who worked on this study. He said they evaluated hundreds of algorithms and reviewed the rate of false negative and positive matches. TSA declined our request for an on-camera interview about these racial disparities within facial recognition technology, so the Washington News Bureau took those questions directly to the White House.

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