Biometrics may ease airport headaches
Within the next few years, waiting in long lines at airports may not be a problem. Biometrics and other high-tech identification may expedite passenger travel across the globe, according to ZDNet Asia.
Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body Sita, says trusted travelers will use automated gates that will enable them quick passage. Sita is involved in a number of these programs including miSense, a biometric security trial at Heathrow Airport.
The security systems will rely on e-passports, or other ID documents that contain fingerprints or iris scans as well as demographic information.
“The U.K. government is absolutely committed to simplifying passenger travel,” Finn says in the article. “Today you will stand in lines several times at a place like Heathrow; it really is repetitive checks and all of that can be integrated. By 2015 the majority of people arriving in and departing from the United Kingdom will hold an international standardized travel document that contains biometrics.”
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