The scan takes fractions of a second and has shown to be 99 percent accurate during testing, according to CBP Commissioner John McAleenan, who was joined by MWAA President Jack Potter and airline representatives for an unveiling event Thursday
Facial recognition is a technology that has been active for a few years now, and is getting ready to be rolled out mainstream. When I worked for Citibank back in 2011-2013, part of the onboarding process for new employees was iris scans for use in gaining access into secure areas of the complex. Now the technology is ready to take the stage, and you will be seeing it just about everywhere you are used to using an ID card, like a drivers license or passport, to prove who you are.
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Revelation 13:16,17 (KJV)
FROM NEXTGOV: Some international travelers can leave their boarding passes and passports in their pockets when flying out of
Dulles International Airport thanks to a new facial recognition boarding technology that went into operation Thursday.
The
new veriScan system developed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority—with guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection—scans the faces of travelers approaching the gate. The system then compares the photo to a gallery that includes images of that person—either their passport photo for U.S. citizens or the photo taken of foreign nationals when they entered the country. The process eliminates the need for an airline employee to manually check every boarding pass and passport while boarding a plane.
The scan takes fractions of a second and has shown to be 99 percent accurate during testing, according to CBP Commissioner John McAleenan, who was joined by MWAA President Jack Potter and airline representatives for an unveiling event Thursday.
CBP had been keeping the photos for up to 14 days during testing, and will continue to keep them for up to 12 hours for the short term, said John Wagner, CBP deputy assistant commissioner for the Office of Field Operations. When testing is complete, the process will be updated so photos are deleted immediately after the comparison, he said.
Officials touted the additional security the system provides—
meeting a Congressional mandate to include biometric screenings—as well as the benefits to travelers, who can expect a much faster boarding process. “This spring, Lufthansa announced that it boarded an A380 with over 350 passengers at LAX in less than 20 minutes—less than half of their normal time—using self-boarding gates linked to CBP’s facial-enabled traveler verification service,” McAleenan said. “No more fumbling with your boarding pass while you have two carry-ons, maybe a kid; no more trying to find your QR code or trying to refresh your screen.”
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