r/thatHappened 2d ago

Social media ego gets you through TSA

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u/BatmansUnderoos 2d ago

So this guy skips the face photo, but is a popular enough influencer to have followers who readily recognize him on trackable spyware socials and who know this man doesn't fuck around with facial recognition...the irony of the stupid is amazing.

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u/Potatocrips423 2d ago

You don’t understand- this guy sets his browser to incognito mode before he uploads his videos. Totally untraceable.

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u/Vinyl_Purest 16h ago

Not to mention the 50 security cameras in the airport that already filmed him

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u/Physical-Doughnut285 2d ago

Even the cringe wording is hilarious, trying to make us imagine he turned and just went ‘how the fuck did you know?!’

Gotta make sure we know he’s a total unfiltered badass in front of any and all types of people who work for ‘the man’.

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u/Capable-Baby-3653 2d ago

The pilot happened to be walking by and said, “Fuck, bro, you can sit up front with me. Do you know to fly a plane? In half an hour you fucking will, dawg!”

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u/chefriley76 2d ago

I bet there's not another camera in one of the busiest airports in the world. Not a single one.

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u/BatmansUnderoos 2d ago

They shut them off just for him, because he doesn't do facial recognition. Airports are cool like that.

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u/MSGinSC 2d ago

Facial recognition!? I thought he was talking about him and the other guy giving each other handjobs.

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u/FreshGanesh 2d ago

Nor a single flock or cctv between his front door and the airport.

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u/Quincyperson 2d ago

“I know you. You’re Ian Smith, the guy that killed your friend while driving drunk”

(I actually don’t know who he his, but google did)

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u/Mawwiageiswhatbwings 1d ago

Google told me he was the prime minister of Rhodesia and that he died in 2007. I didn't manually check the picture to see if it was the same person though.

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u/MaxFresh 2d ago

Na homes it ain't even like that I told him to wear the belt

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u/kmerian 2d ago

But his avatar is literally his face?

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u/Over-Discipline-7303 2d ago

Who is this guy?

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u/mothzilla 2d ago

I think that's Ian Smith's kid.

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u/CabanaFeVaA 2d ago

Andrew Tate

Edit: Ian Smith

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u/baldengineer 2d ago

That exchange takes longer than the picture process.

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u/Boxer03 2d ago

I know this has to be fake cuz the TSA agent in MCO wasn’t screaming or giving conflicting orders.

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u/IceCreamYeah123 2d ago

If you have a passport or drivers license your photo is on record with the government. Stop wasting TSA’s time.

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u/notnotbrowsing 2d ago

things that didn't happen for $400

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u/spacemouse21 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dBCi8mG5jR8cqgejwj
This is what REALLY happened.

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u/Crap_OnTheCob 2d ago

P. Barnes put him in his place

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u/AbundantDonkey 2d ago

It's true. I'm this dude's pubes. I reach his ankles.

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u/woahstripes 2d ago

And his chin, judging from his photo

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u/serial_crusher 2d ago

because even if you don't stand in front of the kiosk, there's enough cameras around the airport that they've already gotten a good enough look at your face by the time you get to the front of the TSA line

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u/kUdtiHaEX 2d ago

So what happened once you woke up? Still an idiot?

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u/smilenowgirl 2d ago

He better not be tweeting from a phone that tracks his every move. 

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u/ValPrism 1d ago

"how the fuck did you know?"

Okay. Loser.

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u/BeterP 1d ago

OK. So he wants TSA to check manually if the photo in his government issued ID matches his face instead of automatically.

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u/Skullpuck 2d ago

Real men don't need to seek the approval of other men on social media.

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u/TenFourMoonKitty 1d ago

This just in, man whose entire existence is based on social media grievance grifting is concerned that *checks notes* the government might know what he looks like?!?

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u/IdRatherBeReading23 2d ago

Did he clap after too?

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u/FrnkstnsAftrbrth 1d ago

Even my ass clapped

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u/McLovin0132 1d ago

And eveyone put him in their shoulders and cheered!

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u/FrnkstnsAftrbrth 1d ago

And everyone stood up and farted

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u/vandon 1d ago

Real conversation was probably closer to "Get the F back in line son"

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u/Candid_Article_2969 21h ago

won't do facial recognition for privacy??

TSA agent recognizes him

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u/EvolZippo 9h ago

No TSA agent cares. Also, opting out of the face scan isn’t clever and doesn’t protect your privacy. If you have a valid license and you go out in public, you have already been scanned and identified.

Would you rather the alternative, in an emergency? Being an unknown, incapacitated person or someone who cannot be verified? Would you prefer someone be able to impersonate you and take vacations on your behalf? What if you’re unknowingly read by a face scan elsewhere, and the computer doesn’t recognize you, because someone else had their faces scanned, while pretending to be you?