Facial Recognition to Replace Passports in Security Overhaul at Australian Airports
January 23rd, 2017Via: Guardian:
A radical overhaul of security at Australia’s international airports is the first step towards the government’s goal of automating 90% of air traveller processing by 2020.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection will start moving towards a “contactless” system for arrivals this year, Fairfax reported on Sunday – the most ambitious stage of the Seamless Traveller initiative announced in 2015.
Incoming paper passenger cards would be abolished and manned stations would be replaced by electronic stations and automatic triage.
Passengers would not need to show their passports, instead being processed by biometric recognition of their faces, irises and/or fingerprints.
Under the new system, the existing SmartGates that scan passports electronically – introduced less than 10 years ago – would be retired.
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This is why I have long held the view that worries about implanted RFID chips are probably silly. That technology seems obsolete in comparison to the facial recognition (and other biometric recognition) tech.
This article also serves as a reminder that airports remain fascist zones.
They’ve got people wearing armbands and watches that track heartbeat, sleep patterns, steps taken, gps, internet databases, it blows my mind. The people collecting this data must be laughing their heads off. Not only has the technology improved 1000% over the recent years, people now buy their own surveillance equipment (at top dollar!) to be monitored down to the tiny biometric detail.
The funniest thing to me, is that with the “fitbit” specifically, they’ve done studies which show it doesn’t really help people to lose weight. Also, much of that data is being sold to piecemeal to 3rd parties (insurance companies, creditors, whoever is paying).
There are multiple ways to thwart biometrics, but I agree @cryingfreeman, RFID chipping almost seems redundant at this point..
From the prophecy perspective, it’s interesting ‘the mark of the beast’ is on the right hand or the forehead, both body parts that are rarely covered.