Biometrics Will Change The Way People Fly
February 28, 2008
It is predicted, by a leading border security expert, that by the year 2015 getting on an aircraft will be as easy as getting off on the Tube. Automated biometric systems will ultimately replace the usually painstaking system of frequent manual passport and security checks that the fliers have to go through. Thanks to the biometric system, all travellers will be able to just go through an automatic gate that will immediately authenticate their identity and their related security risk.
Presently, the biometric border security projects that has been rolled out by the UK government comprise of Iris, Project Semaphore and the miSense trial. Semaphore checks all the details of UK-bound passengers against the databases of banned individuals. Iris allows fliers to use automated scanning gates at numerous UK airports. In future, automated gates will first confirm the identity of an individual with the help of biometrics before tallying their biographic data against a variety of databases.
The biometric data will be stored on cards instead of a central database so that the information transfer process is faster and the risk is minimum. This card will be compatible with different biometric readers worldwide. The UK government is seriously working on the project which promises to simplify the flying experience for the fliers.
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