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Northwest Airlines Wants Eye-Scan Check-in

Posted by timothy on from the because-terrorists-don't-have-eyes dept.

Headius writes: "According to the Associated Press, Northwest Airlines is testing out a check-in system that uses eye scans to identify customers, and provide a faster way to check in. The article is here locally, and probably making its way to other news sites as well." Bruce Schneier posted a while ago this neat summary of some of the limitations of biometrics, worth re-reading. One question I have, how long will you eyes stay on record?

2 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The questions that I always had. by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Troll

    I seriously doubt that a person without one good eye would be much of a threat.

    Well, there's a dumb statement... The leader of the Taliban has only one eye. I think he'd be considered a threat.

  2. more fun? by mangu · · Score: 0, Troll

    That would depend on the penis scanners, of course.