Travel Squad Podcast · Friday, August 14, 2026
A guest on the Travel Squad podcast shares a negative encounter with a TSA agent who became upset when the guest wanted to opt out of the facial recognition photo process. The agent insisted the opt-out should have been stated before handing over identification.
“But speaking on the TSA front, I had a TSA agent almost like blow up in my face, one of the last times I flew.”
“So I told the person, I want to opt out of this.”
“And then he got like really upset at me and said, you need to tell me that before you handed me my ID.”