It's not that they took my picture at the DMV to put it on my license. It's the idea that through this picture, they're going to decide if I can fly or not, and I have no process to challenge that determination.
> So I don't really understand the privacy concerns here
Why is the government allowed to decide if I can fly domestically or not?
> that is different from the biometrics they already have from your ID photos?
Why is my biometric data required to fly? This is why I can't fly. I refuse real ID. I refuse a passport. These are not prescriptive rights the government has over my affairs.
> You're also obviously already being constantly recorded by surveillance cameras in the airport
Participation in large scale societal interaction requires some trust. Throughout the history, we've slowly decided to compromise by giving up on privacy and increasing that trust in specific circumstances. You can argue whether post-9/11 changes are necessary or it's just a security theater, but it does bring a peace of mind for everyone else on the plane (e.g. "all these hundreds of random people at least are not in no-fly list").
Have _we_? What mechanism did _we_ decide this by? Why is there zero alternative mechanisms for boarding a flight if I refuse to share my "biometrics" with the state?
> but it does bring a peace of mind
We were given specific intelligence on the 9/11 attackers and their plans before they were enacted. The "shoe bomber" was let on a plane and only stopped by alert passengers.
Private plane passengers do not have to go through security checks. Your peace of mind is a total lie.
It doesn’t bring me peace of mind to know I have the privilege of flying, today, while other innocent people are banned by a racist authoritarian government. It gives me fear that I could be the next victim.
It's not that they took my picture at the DMV to put it on my license. It's the idea that through this picture, they're going to decide if I can fly or not, and I have no process to challenge that determination.
> So I don't really understand the privacy concerns here
Why is the government allowed to decide if I can fly domestically or not?
> that is different from the biometrics they already have from your ID photos?
Why is my biometric data required to fly? This is why I can't fly. I refuse real ID. I refuse a passport. These are not prescriptive rights the government has over my affairs.
> You're also obviously already being constantly recorded by surveillance cameras in the airport
Do they also have my drivers license information?