The review comes after a bipartisan group of senators previously called for the watchdog to look into TSA’s use of biometric tools “from both an authorities and privacy perspective.” ...

The DHS Science and Technology Directorate tested TSA’s biometric identification technologies in both 2023 and 2024 using “a very large scenario test with more than 1,600 volunteers.” ...

DHS, which has oversight of TSA, also released an analysis earlier this month which found that the facial recognition tools being used by the agency were more than 99% accurate. Although travelers ...