In an effort to identify potential deportees, the federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions of unsuspecting travellers at Toronto’s Pearson International ...

Transparency around how that data is used during that 36-hour period is needed, says McPhail. And while facial recognition may be voluntary, she worries about the impression refusing it can leave.

Given how accessible face search engines are, they have been surprised by how much attention the project garnered around the world. Its main novelties were incorporating the ChatGPT-like assistant ...