Airport face biometrics expansion in US, India accelerating

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration plans to expand facial recognition for passenger processing to 430 airports around the country within “several years,” a representative of the agency told Fast Company. The expansion is part of a trend towards the use of face biometrics instead of manual facial comparisons by government authorities, in a boon for vendors like Dignari and Idemia.

A pilot at 25 airports which is currently underway has so far shown a 97 percent rate of accuracy …

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