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March 12, 2006
U.S. using biometric passports
I thought the use of new passport technology was somewhere in the distant future, but according to this Financial Times article, a pilot program is underway.
The passport chips contain all the personal information printed inside the passport, as well as a digitised photograph of the passport holder. At ports of entry, scanners will access these data and compare them with a national database for identity verification.
(via BoingBoing)
Posted by Laura McGann at March 12, 2006 02:20 PM
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