After criticism, DHS drops a proposal to expand facial recognition scans to US citizens arriving and departing the country (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
After criticism, DHS drops a proposal to expand facial recognition scans to US citizens arriving and departing the country  —  Homeland Security has confirmed it will not expand face recognition scans to U.S. citizens arriving and departing the country, days after it emerged the agency proposed making the scans for citizens mandatory.

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