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Flying home for the holidays? TSA is using your face as your ID at these airports

By Anna Giaritelli
Published December 11, 2022 11:00am ET
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Flying home for the holidays? TSA is using your face as your ID at these airports
In 2016, a total of 3,391 firearms were seized from airport passengers' carry-on bags. If this year's rate continues through December, TSA should expect to find 3,722 guns by the end of the year. A TSA officer looks over at a robot providing tips for passengers on getting through security faster during a pilot project July 11 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) | Elaine Thompson
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Holiday travelers may see a familiar face as they pass through airport security checkpoints this month: their own.

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