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Iris Scanners in Canadian Airports

Posted by Hemos on from the minority-report-where-are-you dept.

Ian_Bailey writes "The Toronto Star is reporting that the first biometrics (Iris-scanning specifically) devices in airport will be in place in Toronto and Vancouver starting in March. These devices are meant to speed-up the check-in process for frequent travellers, without compromising security. It is stressed that privacy advocates have nothing to worry about, because they are completely voluntary and cannot be used to scan without a person's knowledge, but there is a brief note about using it in the future for staff."

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  1. Canada is not the first? by VladDrac · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As far as I know, schiphol airport has had irisscans for a while now. See for example this article