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Face Scanning Cameras To Replace Passport Control Officers
Passengers to be scanned in effort to "identify criminals
and terrorists trying to enter the UK illegally".
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Passport control officers at airports are to be phased out as
new biometric face scanning cameras are to be rolled out under
new UK border control measures.
The scheme works by scanning passengers' faces and
comparing them to photographs digitally stored on microchips in
new biometric passports.
The technology, currently being trialed at Manchester
airport is compatible with biometric passports issued throughout
the EU, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland.
The system is optional for now, however, passengers
opting to use more traditional methods will likely have to endure
longer queues, where as those with biometric passports can walk
straight through unmanned gates as long as they pass the detectors.
Watch a BBC report on the cameras here.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith commented:
'The UK has one of the toughest borders in the world
and we are determined to ensure it stays that way,'
'Our hi-tech electronic borders system will allow us to count
all foreign nationals in and out of the UK, while checking them
against watch lists.
'These checks make up just one part of Britain's triple ring
of security, alongside fingerprint visas for three-quarters of
the world's population, and the roll out of ID cards for foreign
nationals, locking people to one identity.'
(Article continues below)
However, the Passport Control office is not where
the use of facial scanners will end.
A 2007 British
government report muted an extensive upgrade to cctv
systems all across the country to incorporate facial scanning
technology. The report suggested a central database of every camera
and a network allowing access to it could be beneficial.
In the US there are
several schemes that use Facial Recognition Technology
in conjunction with Federal agencies, tying the technology to
traditional documents such as drivers licenses, passports and
credit cards.
A biometric face recognition system has already
been approved
in China and is expected to be used at airports,
customs entrances, banks, post offices, residential areas and
other public places in the near future.
Other proposals include placing the cameras in every
seat on aircraft and installing software to try and
automatically detect terrorists or other dangers caused by passengers.
We are assured that cigarette
vending machines will employ the technology in order
to enforce smoking laws. Similarly, supermarkets in the UK have
already started trialing
the technology with the justification being a crackdown
on underage drinking.
In Japan facial scanning cameras are being installed
in train and bus stations to replace tickets in a move to make
the individual features of the face a "unique
bar code" as part of an antiterrorism and anticrime
initiative.
Police in Tokyo are also asking home and shop owners
to mount the cameras outside their properties. "Police investigating
an incident in the neighborhood would have access to these images."
according to reports.
Cell
phones and computers
are now also being produced with face scanning cameras.
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