Appearance-based identification systems are vulnerable to identity appropriation

Evidence

But Anwar was not aware that he was marked for surveillance the minute he stepped into the airport because he was placed on the Selectee List. He assumed it was his behavior, like carrying only a backpack, or his appearance that triggered TSA’s suspicion of him. But many passengers fly with only carry-­on luggage and are not subjected to intense interrogation by TSA agents. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 274 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Her fashionable, photogenic face is made up of intersecting hatchet blades. She has a determined jaw. She has a head of immaculate pale-blonde corkscrew curls—the kind of head achieved only at some cost in money and physical pain—and when (later) she rises from bed after a night of passion, it does not resemble a white woolly mat, but is as cleverly corkscrewed as ever. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 326 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Identity functions as a costume adaptable to context.; Profiled men misattribute list-based surveillance to their own appearance or behavior — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 274; Physical appearance details can instantly characterize a dangerous personality — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 326 (+1 more)

Related

• Profiled men misattribute list-based surveillance to their own appearance or behavior (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Identity functions as a costume adaptable to context. #expands (0.75)
• Profiled men misattribute list-based surveillance to their own appearance or behavior #complicates (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 274
• Physical appearance details can instantly characterize a dangerous personality #exemplifies (0.55) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 326